A minificção e o grotesco feminino em Contos de amor rasgados, de Marina Colasanti

Abstract

This thesis is dedicated to the study of minifictions found in the anthology Contos de amor rasgados (1986) by Marina Colassanti, an Italian author rooted in Brazil, from the perspective of female grotesque theories. Based on the texts from this anthology, I seek to understand minifiction, their main constituent elements, as well as the origin and development of the genre in Brazil. Starting from the studies proposed by Mary Russo and from the two lines of research that base her theoretical reflections – those proposed by Wolfgang Kayser and Mikhail Bakhtin – I read the minifictions from Contos de amor rasgados while observing the presence of female grotesque in the composition of these short narratives and how its presence questions and problematizes standards and norms to which individuals, especially women, are subjected to in Western society.