The violence of small deaths in contemporary lusophone literary productions

Abstract

We seek to produce a reflection on psychological violence, thinking of this type of violence as a device that produces small deaths that happen throughout the lives of many women. We intend to investigate how these little deaths are manifested in contemporary lusophone literary productions and to achieve our objective we chose three novels: A gorda, by Isabela Figueiredo; Esse cabelo, by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida and A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão, by Martha Batalha.