Lila, a witch-child: representation of childhood in Elena Ferrante's My brilliant friend
We analyze the representation of childhood in Lila, a character from Elena Ferrante's My brilliant friend, a child defined by her irreverence. Since Lila's portrayal often links her to evil, we primarily draw on the studies of Silvia Federici, who argues that the image of the witch was con...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Investigações (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/265423 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/INV/article/view/265423 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | representação da infância caça às bruxas literatura contemporânea de autoria feminina Elena Ferrante representation of childhood witch hunt contemporary literature by female authors. representación de la infancia caza de brujas literatura contemporánea de autoría femenina. |
| Sumario: | We analyze the representation of childhood in Lila, a character from Elena Ferrante's My brilliant friend, a child defined by her irreverence. Since Lila's portrayal often links her to evil, we primarily draw on the studies of Silvia Federici, who argues that the image of the witch was constructed to sustain a capitalist and patriarchal society that required the subjugation of women. Marked by poverty and male violence, Lila grew embittered by her marginalization, developing a sharp and incisive manner of speech. Although she has been described as a "witch-child" for these traits, we argue that she ultimately could not resist the pressures of a community hostile to women. |
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