As vozes narrativas em Elena Ferrante

um encontro com a alteridade de Emmanuel Lévinas

Abstract

There are many ways to reach an understanding of the importance of a more ethical society. This article intends to analyze the construction of narratives voices and otherness in Elena Ferrante’s writing. As she writes about the inconveniences of motherhood, she focus on the particular realism of their protagonist-narratives, renouncing a deified view of motherhood and, therefore, choosing to not appease the reader with an idealized writing on the subject. For this, based on philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas' notion of face, we will discuss the urgent need for literature as a way to reach humanitarian ethics, despite controversies about the indispensability of fiction in society. Far from being utilitarian, although the reflections it provokes are latent, literature and, more specifically, the writing of uncomfortable texts frequently arouses compassion. For this reason, it is essential in reaching prospective readers when they begin to understand that mimesis allows us to not only to see other perspectives, but also to be with others in their journey, even if their experiences are not very similar to ours.