A desconstrução de discursos patriarcais em A bolsa amarela, de Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Abstract

Lygia Bojunga Nunes’ literature is an art committed with the formation of critical, empowered and constructive individuals of a society that should be fair, respectful and equal for all people, without, for that, abdicating at being an aesthetic and playful writing. The current work used the thematic and bibliographic research method and aimed at drawing up a gender analysis of the book A bolsa amarela, by Lygia Bojunga, using the feminist criticism, especially the contemporary one, highlighting the contesting discourse of unequal power relationship by social condition, which oppresses women and children, described in the book. Through our analysis, we found that A bolsa amarela addresses, in a questioning way, important themes to our society, such as age and gender discrimination, social inequalities, censorship and freedom of speech, family exclusion, among others, thus evidencing that Bojunga's literary writing can be seen as an agent not only of entertainment but of social denunciation, individual awareness and empowerment of women and children. It is, therefore, an example of children's literature in tune with the issues of a modern, emancipatory and critical education.