2023-12-112023-12-112023-09-20CARVALHO, N. P. Um romance de formação: representações da classe média brasileira em “Ciranda de pedra” (1954), de Lygia Fagundes Telles. 2023. 164 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em História) - Faculdade de História, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2023.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/13170This research aims to investigate how Lygia Fagundes Telles produces a certain representation of the middle-classes familiy, highlighting the dimensions of childhood and the roles assigned to women in that society, based on the novel Ciranda de Pedra, published on 1954, which exhibit characteristics of a bildungsroman. In this work we will observe the process of development of Virgínia, the protagonist, who is part of a disrupted “family” and is plagued by loneliness and rejection. To achieve this, we presente a study that analyzes the sociability networks of Lygia Fagundes Telles, how she constructs a narrative of herself and the paths that the author traversed until the publication of the novel Ciranda de Pedra, verifying also the construction process as well as it’s reception on the literary world. The plot of the novel is permeated by various themes, so, in this study we also discuss female opression, racial and sexual prejudice, the fall of the patriarchal system and othem important issues relevant for the focus of this analysis. In order to support the development of this research, we draw upon theoretical concepts from Antonio Candido (1989), Cristina Ferreira Pinto (1990), Phillipe Airès (1986), among others.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalCiranda de pedraInfânciaFamíliaInfancyFamilyCIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIADissertação