http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/23839 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:11:42 GMT 2026-07-26T09:11:42Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87171 Título: Literaturas indígenas e educação: caminhos possíveis para aprender a habitar o corpo e segurar o céu Autor(es): Moisés, Tainá Facó Franklin de Lima Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87171 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87134 Título: Aparência e essência no retrato moderno: de Sargent e Oscar Wilde Autor(es): Araújo, Karla Andressa da Silva Abstract: This dissertation investigates portraiture as a symbolic device in the construction of modern identities, examining the tensions between appearance and essence in late nineteenth-century literature and painting. The study establishes a comparative dialogue between the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890/1891), by Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), and the paintings Portrait of Madame X (1884) and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1892), by the painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). It is based on the hypothesis that, in these works, portraiture is not limited to the representation of physical appearance but constitutes a symbolic device of performativity and cultural staging through which identities, social values, and subjectivities are simultaneously constructed, negotiated, and revealed. The main objective is to analyze, from a comparative perspective, how portraiture operates as a field of mediation between the visible and the invisible, between being and seeming, highlighting the role of the image in the constitution of subjectivities. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative, interdisciplinary, and comparative approach, bringing together contributions from image theory, art history, and literary criticism, while also employing ekphrasis as an analytical procedure to establish a dialogue between word and image. In this process, Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Oval Portrait” (1842) is used as a comparative axis to deepen the analysis of the relationship between Wilde’s narrative and Sargent’s portraits. The theoretical framework draws on authors such as Hans Belting (2014), Erwin Panofsky (1991), Georges Didi-Huberman (2015), W. J. T. Mitchell (1986), and Roland Barthes (1984), whose reflections contribute to an understanding of the image as a field of cultural and symbolic mediation. The findings indicate that, in both Wilde’s narrative and Sargent’s portraits, representation does not function as a mere mirror of reality but rather as a space of symbolic construction in which identities, social values, and cultural codes are staged. Thus, modern portraiture emerges as a privileged site for reflecting on the ambiguities of modern subjectivity, revealing the instability between appearance and essence in the aesthetic and social experience of modernity. Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87134 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87054 Título: Rupturas do ideal materno na contemporaneidade: um olhar comparado sobre a narrativa literária de Camilla Canuto e a arte visual de Jade Nordahl Autor(es): Sales, Ingret de Sousa Abstract: The present study has as its main objective to compare two forms of art that address the theme of motherhood, observing how they communicate and discuss the notion of the maternal ideal in contemporary times. The first artistic expression of interest is the contemporary debut novel by the author from Sergipe, Camilla Canuto, Há uma lápide com seu nome, published in 2021. The second consists of the digital collection of the Norwegian illustrator Jade Nordahl, who publishes her works on her official account on the Instagram media platform, under the profile name @ab.bel. The beginning of the publications dates from the year 2015. Our investigations consist of identifying similarities and differences between the forms and contents presented by both artists. We also seek to elucidate the ideological assumptions that sustain both expressions and which androcentric and idealizing discourses about motherhood can be questioned through the interpretation of the two narrative forms. Our methodologies consist of interpreting both artistic works through the weaving of selected excerpts that can discuss underlying common points related to mothering, even if the perspectives take different directions. The analyses seek to promote this dialogue through the appropriation of theoretical contributions that help us understand the importance of art and its relationship with reality, such as the works of Barbosa (1998), Ingold (2020), Biesdorf and Wandscheer (2011), Samain (2012), Candido (2006), Culler (1999), Wielewicki and Zappone (2009), among others. For the analyses and discussions on gender, feminism, and motherhood, we draw on Cisne (2015), Butler (2011), Badinter (1985; 2011), Davis (2016), Souza (2019), Eliacheff and Heinich (2004), and O’Reilly (2016), among others. Our conclusions indicate that both forms of art offer critical perspectives on the maternal experience and contribute to a contemporary debate that helps to question stereotypes, by constructing maternities marked by ambivalence, touching on established patterns and highlighting the influence of sociocultural context and interpersonal relationships on mothering practices. Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/87054 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86998 Título: Gênese, manifestação e outorgação do realismo grotesco em O médico e o monstro Autor(es): Ferreira, Miguel Macedonio Abstract: The current thesis focuses on analyzing Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2023a), as to determine the construction and representation of the grotesque reality inside this romance. Basing itself on the studies and thoughts of Mikhail Bakhtin about the Poliphony and the Grotesque, this thesis aims to understand how the grotesque visionary surges throughout the aforementioned book, which is built from a monologic construct of voices, that endowed in their hierarchical power, determined by their social position – establishing them as superiors in comparison to the “other” – bestow Edward Hyde as a grotesque being, a concept that expands throughout the book into its spaces and other characters, turning these into one of the essential pillars of Stevenson’s creation. Therefore, by analyzing the grotesque in this romance, the focus is on understanding which resources, literary or not, were used to enforce this conception, as well as how it relates to the historical period it inserts itself. Taking into account what was analyzed, the grotesque does not reside only in the interior of the person who is called a monster, Edward Hyde, with him being a representation of what exists in the interior of Victorian society. The degeneration does not start with the “other”, but in fact, in the core of those who self-proclaimed themselves to be superior beings. Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86998 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z