Silenciamento, memória e resistência feminina nos Contos “As Cicatrizes Do Amor”, de Paulina Chiziane e “Natalina Soledad”, de Conceição Evaristo

Abstract

This work proposes to present a discussion about female silencing, having as reference the central characters of the short stories “As Scars do Amor” (1994) by Paulina Chiziane and “Natalina Soledad” (2016) by Conceição Evaristo In the two characters, Maria, from the short story by Paulina and Natalina, from the short story by Conceição it will be possible to observe the memory as a point of strength and resistance of these two women who suffer with the submission of their bodies and the silencing of their voices within the narratives. However, we also observe that, in the course of the narrative, these characters go through transformation processes, moving from passivity to transgression as they struggle against an imposed patriarchal culture, breaking patterns of pre-determined behavior for women, having as the driving force for resistance, the memory of itself.