OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE: FIGURES OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN AS MENINAS, BY LYGIA FAGUNDES TELLES
Military Dictatorship. Oppression. Resistance. Criticism. Novel.
1. The military dictatorship in Brazil that occurred between 1964 and 1985 was a period characterized by political and social transformations, but also by a scenario of oppression, repression and violation of human rights. In this context, literature played a fundamental role in realistically portraying the issues of this period, with the novel As Meninas, by writer Lygia Fagundes Telles, published in 1973, being a highlight in this sense. From this, our objectives are: to analyze the figurations of the military dictatorship based on the memories of the protagonists Ana, Lia and Lorena; identify the forms of oppression resulting from the dictatorial period exercised on the characters and understand the forms of resistance configured in the novel. The research is bibliographic in nature, with an exploratory and analytical approach. To study the historical context and carry out the analysis, our theoretical foundations are authors such as: Adorno (2003), Bastos (2000), Candido (2000), Dalcastagné (2018), Franco (1998), James (2012), Malcolm (2000), Oliveira (2020) and other relevant materials. When analyzing the work, we are led to reflect on the power of literature as a spokesperson and social critic in the face of the events that were happening, the search for freedom and the rescue of civil rights.