A representação da violência contra a mulher nos contos "Leso" e "Eu não tenho culpa", de Edyr Augusto Proença

Abstract

This article analyzes the correlation between fiction and reality in the short stories "Leso" and "I don't have guilt" from the book "I've died" (2022) by Pará author Edyr Augusto. The study aims to understand how these tales represent and denounce domestic violence and violence against women. In the short story "Leso", we follow the character Marivaldo, who commits several crimes after getting involved in a case of sexual abuse and murder of his wife. In "I'm not guilty", the narrative follows a man who describes himself as a womanizer, but is, in fact, a serial rapist. Both stories show the trivialization of violence against women in vulnerable communities. Edyr Augusto's writing is marked by colloquial language, regional terms and characters on the margins of society. The work is justified by the importance of building dialogues between literature and the representation of urban reality, especially in the context of domestic violence. The research aims to understand how Amazonian literature translates urban problems, highlighting the importance of fiction in raising awareness and combating domestic violence and violence against women.