A perspectiva existencial e a imagem da mulher na fusão humano-ambiental em Doze Reis e a moça no labirinto do vento

Abstract

The present research aimed at studying the work Twelve Kings and the Young Girl in the Wind Maze (2006) by Marina Colasanti with a particular focus on the tales “The ramada woman”, “A shell by the sea” and “Twelve kings and the Young girl in the wind maze”. The present study demonstrates that Colasanti writes fairy tales in order to reach both audiences children and adults, as her stories escape the tradition of "once upon a time" and "happily ever after", freedom, love and dreams. In addition, the human-environmental fusion, more specifically, the relation between the woman, nature and self-knowledge is discussed in regard to their position in patriarchal societies. Bibliographical analysis relied on the author's literary education and her identification as feminist and feminist writer, based on the works of feminist scholars such as Martha Robles (2006), Rose Marie Muraro (1970), Ruth Silviano Brandão (2006), among others also important for research. It was possible to verify that the stories enables reflections on aspects of human reality and on the representation of women in society by using magical ways that allude to Christian, Greek, and African mythologies.