Cenas da violência na literatura brasileira: uma análise do conto “Cida”, de Chico Buarque de Hollanda

Abstract

The subject of this text is the short story “Cida”, by Chico Buarque, which appears in the book Anos de chumbo e outros contos, published in 2021. The narrative revolves around the character named Cida, a middle-aged woman living on the streets. The article aims to analyse the marks of violence in the narrative, especially those that relate to forms of social exclusion, poverty, the dispossession of women and the invisibility of those who live in this condition and are confined to the scenario of marginalization. We intend to show how violence operates on these individuals who lack dignified living conditions and citizenship, and how society perpetuates and maintains this cycle. The structures of violence branch out, giving rise to other manifestations, thanks to the mechanisms that allow the gears of violence to work through inadequate and inefficient actions and policies. We also aim to demonstrate the survival strategies based on the deprivation of three basic citizens' rights: housing, health and basic sanitation, and the maintenance of life and food not through the dignity of a job, personal fulfillment as a woman and citizen, but through the actions of third parties. The method adopted was a bibliographical review of authors who discuss the theme of violence and marginalization, such as Delcastagnè (1996), Souza (2023), Telles (2001), Santos (2023), among others, and the analysis of the narrative, intertwined with the power devices that permeate social inequality.