Portas abertas, portas fechadas: a trajetória feminina na Academia Brasileira de Letras

Abstract

Founded in 1897, it took 80 years for the Brazilian Academy of Letters to have one of its chairs occupied by women, a fact that was only changed in 1977 with the election of writer Rachel de Queiroz. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the trajectory of women's inclusion in the ABL. In order to achieve this goal, we have chosen four writers who we consider to be representative for the corpus of this research: Júlia Lopes de Almeida - the only woman to participate in the creation of the Academy, Amélia Beviláqua - the first writer to apply for a place in the institution, Rachel de Queiroz - the first literary woman to be elected and Nélida Piñon - the first woman to be president of the ABL. The analysis will be made in the light of knowledge about the authors mentioned, women's literature, the presence of women in the Brazilian Academy of Letters and other studies that may cover this research. For a better theoretical basis, the theoretical discussions of authors such as Hollanda (2019), Fanini (2009), Gomes; Celi (2018), Mendes (2006), Lima (2017), Bernardino (2018), Silva (2014), Duarte (2016), Mello (2011), Quintana (2011) will be used.