Conceição: a mulher e autoria feminina em O Quinze de Rachel de Queiroz.

Abstract

During 1930, Brazilian literature is marked by the emergence of a very characteristic social debate in novels of regional context and it is in this period that Rachel de Queiroz makes her debut with the novel The fifteen. The work, which is initially identified by its attempt to remain faithful to the language and customs of the Ceará region, surprises several critics for revealing a female author's writing. Thus, in the desire to contribute to the growth of research on women's literary works and in view of the great challenges faced by women throughout the twentieth century, such as access to education, higher education and the right to vote and to be voted for, the present work has as its main objective to understand how the social evolution of women occurs, as well as the role they play through the trajectory of the character Conceição. We aim to analyze the construction of the heroine of the novel The fifteen, who, despite being inserted in a society with patriarchal bases, presents herself as a woman on a scale of emancipation. To this end, we adopted a methodology of bibliographical origin and qualitative nature. Our research is based on the discussions of Bosi (2006), Coutinho (2004), Castello (2004), Pinto (2003), Woolf (2019), Duarte (2017), Medeiros (2010) among other researchers who were fundamental for the development of this work. We found, therefore, that Conceição's early involvement with books shaped her identity, which made her initiate breaks with certain paradigms of the time. This represents relative independence for the character, in the text, as well as allows the narrative to achieve, in turn, advances for what is advocated in authorship for the achievement of an autonomy for women, writers, tasked also with discussing the common social problems of their and other times.