PT Journal
AU Pavlovska, M
SO Romanica Olomucensia
PY 2011
BP 165
EP 172
VL 23
IS 2
DI 10.5507/ro.2011.021
DE Lygia Fagundes Telles; Bildungsroman; female protagonist; identity.
AB This article focuses on analysis of the main character Virginia of the novel The Marble Dance (Ciranda de pedra, 1954) written by Brazilian author Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923) who uses the form of Bildungsroman to show the protagonist's search for her identity. The novel constitutes an alternative to the traditional male novels of formation which contributes to the reformulation of this genre. This way Fagundes Telles introduces a new dynamic heroin who has to gain her "Bildung" on her own and who represents a modern attitude of a female individual toward the world.
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