DIÁLOGOS LITERÁRIOS: AS PROTAGONISTAS DE UMA CRIATURA DÓCIL DE DOSTOIÉVSKI E HELENA DE MACHADO DE ASSIS

Abstract

The objective of this research is to establish a comparative analysis between the protagonists of A docile creature (1876) by Dostoevsky and Helena (1876) by Machado de Assis. Thus, we draw attention to the way in which, through literature and its historiographical analysis, it is possible to have a vision of female characters as a representation of 19th century women. Moreover, through this analysis, it is also possible to make an interpretation about the Russian and Brazilian culture, politics and society. To this end, the studies of Bourdieu (1995) are used to discuss male symbolic domination, Scott (1990) to approach gender as a category of historical analysis, and Telles (1992) to think about the relationship between women and literature in Brazil. The research will analyze, through fragments of the works, how we can understand their representation of the patriarchal organization of the 19th century in Brazil and Russia, discussing aspects such as: the representation of femininity, marriage, religion and death. This work is relevant because it allows us to conceive, through literature, other ways of studying history.