Gênero e feminismo na obra “O quinze” de Raquel de Queiroz

Abstract

The goal of the search is to look into the trajectory of women and the women’s movement in Brazil, their claims and the deeds over the history. From this investigation, discuss the novel “O Quinze” by Raquel de Queiroz, for the genre perspective, based mostly in the feminism literary criticism. Therefore, the historicity around the social development in the novel can be analyzed, and the relation of the gender highlights of the female characters trajectory, specially the protagonist, Conceição. Thus, the intention is to show how important is this novel for the feminist literary study.