Manifestações patriarcais na obra Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma: a literatura de Lima Barreto como ferramenta de reflexão sobre de gênero e representatividade

Patriarchal manifestations in the work Triste End of Policarpo Quaresma: Lima Barreto literature as a tool for reflection on gender and representativeness

Abstract

This article emphasizes describing, through a literary analysis, the main dilemmas and questions about the literary work Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, by the author Lima
Barreto, objectively in terms of an analysis of patriarchal manifestations, configuration of man (gender) as holder over all feminine essence, resulting in the promotion of a clash of
ideals about the Brazil of the past and the present, in addition to demonstrating how literature is important for society through its representativeness process.