Sobre mímesis e trabalho doméstico

Suíte Tóquio, de Giovana Madalosso

Abstract

The purpose of the article will be to analyze the literary representation of the character Maju, Ana's nanny who shares the role with Fernanda, in Suíte Tóquio, by Giovana Madalosso (2020). In view of a certain originality in the work, due to the fact that the protagonist is a commonly secondary character, it will be examined which mimesis fits the work of Madalosso (2020), the traditional one, from Aristotle’s Poetics, “[...] que a literatura imitava o mundo [...]” (COMPAGNON, 2012, p.124), which “[...] did not have an exteriority and only made a pastiche of literature.” (COMPAGNON, 2012, p.124) or the interpretation of Compagnon (2012), that ““[...] a mimèsis não era passiva, mas ativa [...] a mimèsis constituía uma aprendizagem” (COMPAGNON, 2012, p.124). In addition, it will be discussed how the maid gains voice in the narrative from the analysis of the narrator, based on the concept of Jaime Ginzburg (2012), described in the article O narrador na literatura brasileira contemporânea. Finally, the socio-historical influence of Maju as a woman, nanny and poor in her novel will be discussed, based on the writing of Juliana Teixeira (2021) in Trabalho doméstico.