OLD CHICA

Authors

  • Marcelo Brandão Mattos Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70860/ufnt.entreletras.e20178

Keywords:

narrative, contemporary Brazilian literature, patriarchy

Abstract

The text tells the story of Francisca, a resident of a riverside community in the interior of Brazil who, from a young age, survives on fishing, a trade that was also her husband's profession. Besides he used to do a subsistence planting. In the community where she lives, it is the woman's responsibility to accompany her husband, which Chica does diligently. But with her husband's death, she decides to take over the fishing trade herself.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Brandão Mattos, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Doutor e mestre em Letras pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Professor Adjunto da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Autor dos livros teóricos: Um banho de rio nos escritos e sobrescritos de Luandino Vieira (EdUFF, 2012) e A geração da distopia: Representações da angolanidade na prosa contemporânea de Luandino Vieira, Pepetela e João Melo (EdUERJ, 2021).

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Published

2026-09-12

How to Cite

Mattos, M. B. (2026). OLD CHICA. EntreLetras, 17(1), 455–460. https://doi.org/10.70860/ufnt.entreletras.e20178