DE EVA À HELENA:

A IDENTIDADE FEMININA NA OBRA JORGIANA A COSTA DOS MURMÚRIOS

Abstract

This article discusses critical and theoretical considerations about the different ways in which the woman was portrayed in The murmuring coast (1988), by the portuguese author Lídia Jorge. In this work, consisting of two separate parts, an initial tale called  The locusts, and nine later chapters to the story, the voice that narrates the chapters – Eva Lopo, resumes the tale, while still Evita, and your vision of the past shows customs and their experiences and other women, in the colonial war period in the African territory. So, we will look at the novel by Lídia Jorge, clarifying the path taken by Eva Lopo, questioning their identity transformations. The thoughts raised in this article have theoretical contribution the nominations of Silva (2000), Beauvoir (2016), Abdala Jr. (2007) and Candau (2016).