Repressão sexual e tradição patriarcal na obra crônica da casa assassinada, de Lúcio Cardoso

Abstract

The research aimed to study the novel Crônica da casa assassinada (1959), by Lúcio Cardoso. Its focus is Meneses’ family, a patriarchal family, once aristocratic, found in financial and moral decay at the moment of the narrative. The present work will explore time and space in the narrative, the patriarchal family, gender issues and the role of women in that historical context, modern and postmodern aspects of the novel. In the theoretical part we had the support of Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Zygmunt Bauman, Regina Dalcastagnè, among others that constitute fundamental parts of this research. Through analysis and theoretical support it was observed how the patriarchal family constituted itself and how the patriarch influenced the lives of all who surrounded him. In the theoretical-literary part we verify how the novel was shaped and some aspects of the author's writing.