Trajetórias de "Maria" de Conceição Evaristo e "Lucinda, a mucama" de Joaquim Manuel de Macedo: uma análise comparativa das experiências de escravidão

Abstract

This Final Graduation Project (TCC) presents a comparative analysis of two Brazilian literary works that address slavery in distinct contexts: the short story Maria by Conceição Evaristo and the novella Lucinda, a Mucama by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo. The study aims to understand the differences in the representation of the protagonists’ slavery experiences, Maria and Lucinda, considering the historical, cultural, and authorial contexts in which these works were written. Conceição Evaristo, through the concept of writexperience, denounces the legacies of slavery in contemporary society, while Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, using the concept of victims-villains (vítimas-algozes), portrays slavery from the perspective of the 19th-century white elite. The research highlights the evolution in the literary representation of Black women over time, underscoring the rise of Black and female voices as protagonists in Brazilian literature. Moreover, it emphasizes how literature can either perpetuate stereotypes or foster a more humanized and critical view of black experiences. It is based on thinkers such as Amaral (2007), Campos and Duarte (2011), Carvalhal (2006), Cuti (2010), Evaristo (2016), Freyre (2003), Gil (2017), Lima (2018), Macedo (2010), Magalhães (n.d), Nascimento and Medeiros (2024), Pereira (2020), Proença Filho (1988), Samyn (2020), and Sussekind (1991) that this work is founded.