From silencing to autonomy: representations and erasures of female subalternities in A Terceira Mãe, by Julieta Monginho
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https://doi.org/10.37508/rcl.2021.n45a427Keywords:
Silencing, Autonomy, Contemporary Portuguese fiction, Julieta MonginhoAbstract
The work proposes a reading of the novel A terceira mãe (2008), by the Portuguese writer Julieta Monginho, from the perception of a movement that goes from silencing to female autonomy. Following the trajectories of mother, daughter and granddaughter, the author intertwines three different generations of women in contexts throughout the XX-XXI centuries. Connected by blood and experiences, the three characters form the focus of the narrative plot, with a special focus on the figure of the first mother, Rosalina. Thus, from the silence imposed on the mother / grandmother, by socio-political factors, to the autonomy of the granddaughter, Joana, the novelistic fabulation weaves the trajectories of these three Portuguese women.
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