ESTRANGEIRIDADE E BUSCA DE IDENTIDADE EM PERSÉPOLIS

Authors

  • Mylena Fernanda Ribeiro Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Abstract

The elaboration of this text came from the need to understand the experience of the main character of Persepolis with foreignness. By presenting excerpts from the comic book together with theories, we seek to understand how this Iranian character is seen by the mainly western groups around her, and how she receives these looks and thoughts directed at her. Analyzing the comic, we see that the people around Satrapi, treat her as “the other”, unfamiliar and foreign. Some characters found by Marji throughout the comic reproduce this vision that seeks to keep the East as something to be constantly silenced. When faced with such a reality, the protagonist sees the need to reaffirm her identity. In an attempt to affirm herself as French, in Vienna, she feels that she leaves her people and her history behind This is the moment that Marjane realizes the need to retake her Iranian identity.

 

Key words: Foreignness; Identity; Persepolis.

Author Biography

Mylena Fernanda Ribeiro, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Possui graduação em Letras - Inglês pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (2016), atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: feminismo, século XIX e literatura. Atualmente é mestranda no programa de Pós-graduação em Letras pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina, atuando nos temas: estrangeiridade e busca de identidade

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Published

2020-04-15

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2019): Letramento Racial Crítico, Livro Didático e Interseccionalidades

Section

Artigos Tema Livre

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