A jornada da heroína na quadrilogia napolitana de Elena Ferrante
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2025-08-04
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Gonçalves, Francyne dos Santos
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
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This research critically analyzes the heroine’s journey in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, which comprises My Brilliant Friend (2015), The Story of a New Name (2016), Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2016), and The Story of the Lost Child (2017). The study focuses on the character and narrator Elena Greco (Lenu), in dialogue with the concept of the heroine’s journey formulated by Maureen Murdock (2022 [1990]) in The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness. The research examines the mother–daughter relationship in Ferrante’s works, emphasizing its importance in female psychological development, as described by Murdock (2022 [1990]), as well as the stages of the narrator’s formation. In addition, the study investigates the representation of the maternal archetype through the lens of Carl Gustav Jung’s theories (2016, 2018), complemented by Murdock’s contributions (2022 [1990]). To further reflect on the role of women in society and on female representation in literature, the investigation draws on the works of authors such as Elisabeth Badinter (1985), Silvia Federici (2019), and Judith Butler (2017). The aim is to demonstrate how an understanding of the epic trajectory can contribute to the development of an innovative narrative concerning the multiple forms of women’s existence and expression in society.
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Quadrilogia Napolitana , Elena Ferrante , Literatura italiana , Maternidade , Neapolitan novels , Italian literature , Motherhood