A mística em Agustina Bessa-Luís e Clarice Lispector

Authors

  • Maria Lúcia Dal Farra Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Abstract

This article examines how two female writers from the same generation approach the feminine condition: the Brazilian Clarice Lispector (born in 1920) and the Portuguese Agustina Bessa-Luís (born in 1922). The analysis focuses on two of their novels published in the same time period: La Sibila, by Agustina, was written in 1954, and La Pasión Según G.H., by Clarice, was written in 1964. Through diverse narrative and discursive strategies, these two works explore the mystical nature (which encompasses the feminine condition) in order to address the cultural, structural and ideological grounds from where they are based. By doing so, they expose the inability to adapt to the idea of a stable world and undermine the code of the novelistic genre.

Keywords:

Mysticism, women, novel, discontent