A presença do duplo em Lygia Bojunga

Abstract

In the contemporary Brazilian juvenile fiction, it was found a series of aspects - involving characters, narrators, scenarios - that promote a critical approach based on the presence of the double. It is possible to note the presence of the double in the literary work of Lygia Bojunga, subject of this dissertation, whose main purpose is to identify and analyze some manifestations of the double in the author's novels and short stories. For such, a corpus of nine out of her twenty-two works was selected: A bolsa amarela (1976), Tchau (1984), Nós Três (1987), Livro: um encontro com Lygia Bojunga (1988), Fazendo Ana Paz (1991), Seis vezes Lucas (1995), O abraço (1995), Dos vinte 1 (2007), Querida (2009). As a theoretical background, texts of Otto Rank, Nicole Bravo and Berenice Sica Lamas were used, amongst others. Furthermore, the manifestations of the double were identified in Lygia's narratives. The double appears in fiction as the author's representation of the human incompatibilities, which lead to the fragmentation of the self. The encounter of the self and the other, not always friendly, bring us issues that underpin the research on the double in the work of Lygia Bojunga. Finally, the metafictional work disclosed in this author's literature was also analyzed as a manifestation of the double