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- In her writings, she explores the limits of the Portuguese language and creates her own literary style.
- Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector.
- Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector.
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Reflections in the Porta-espelho: Clarice Lispector's Literary Theory of the Object
The Hidden in Things and the Hidden in Men
On what grounds do Lispector's concerns for 'the hidden in things and the hidden in men' (as Gaston Bachelard once described the potential of the wardrobe-figure) intersect? 8 How can a study of objects address questions of ethics, and how can the extension of object-theory to the depiction of a human character be in any way ethical? In short, how will my analysis answer a valid concern, namely that pointing to resemblances between depictions of objects and of Macabéa, a character from an oppressed sector of Brazilian society, merely re-inscribes the objectification of the poor by Brazil's elites that Lúcia Sá critiques? 9 Before turning directly to Lispector's texts, it is worthwhile to question the nature of the relationship that I ultimately propose between Lispector's literary sketches of objects and her forays into representing social alterity. First, over and above any similarities that might rightly be drawn between Mac