LIMA, Alex Sandra Ferreira.
Resumen:
This research aims to analyze the composition of character Luzia-Homem, the
protagonist by Ceará writer Domingos Olímpio’s novel. Therefore, the narrative is an
appreciation about the migrant figure, whose context is the hinterland northeastern
punished for the drought occurred between 1877 and 1878 and its respective
deployments as well as its relation with all the other characters from the work. The
research development happened based on this search to understand the physical and
social setting that involves the protagonist as well as the individual conflicts in the
course of action. Since the title, the work Luzia-Homem presents ambiguities in the
composition of the binomial. However, during the plot, it was observed that Luzia
acquires masculine aspects due to exercise of her force. That element will be
deconstructed when her physical and psychical constitution as well as her personality
and sociocultural formation show her social and human condition. Therefore, this
theoretical and bibliographic research bases itself with the analysis of contributions by
Moisés (2001), Almeida (1999), Candido (2009), Miguel-Pereira (1973), Coutinho
(2004) among others authors that add to the comprehension about the emerged topics
in the novel. In this context, although her physical force, the character Luzia-Homem
represents the limits of female conditions, considering her desires and suffering. Then
her tragic end represents the fight by a true hero.