Sob o olho dele; sobre os corpos de quem? A linguagem de opressão e insurreição em o conto da AIA na perspectiva dos estudos de gênero

Abstract

In this research we seek to identify, analyze and deepen the language as a form of oppression and insurrection in the works The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and The Testaments (2019), by Margaret Atwood. In addition, we investigate two axes, namely: gender oppression and its intersectionalities; and the verisimilitude with reality based on totalitarian regimes, from the perspective of Dystopian Literature and Gender Studies, with the theoretical support of authors such as Michel Foucault, Virginia Woolf, Audre Lorde, Gerda Lerner, Mary Del Priore and Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda. In conclusion, the existing tension in language allows it to be used both as a tool of oppression and insurrection, in addition to mutually composing reality through values and beliefs. Furthermore, relations of oppression manage to be complex and, many times, intersectional, based on aspects such as gender, race and class. Finally, The Handmaid's Tale is irrevocably credible with reality, as it is based on historical events and on materialized dystopical everyday life.