Representações da violência em A guerra dos bastardos, de Ana Paula Maia

Abstract

The novel A Guerra dos Bastardos, by Ana Paula Maia, presents a dense tableau of fictional violence. This text contains all forms of violence included in Johan Galtung's triangle: visible or direct violence and invisible or structural and cultural violence, as well as various forms of symbolic violence, as proposed by Pierre Bourdieu. These types of violence are represented through different textual strategies: brutalism, irony, "gore" distancing etc. This essay analyses these forms of representation, paying particular attention to the literary treatment given to the description of both violence against women and violence by women. In addition, of central importance to this analysis is the issue of female authorship.