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Dystopia, symbiosis, and female agency in Bugônia (2021) by Daniel Galera

Abstract

The article proposes a reading of the novel Bugônia (2021) by Daniel Galera, which, through a dystopia, stages the incidents of a group of individuals who have survived a global catastrophe and, before the arrival of a strange being to their community, they must define the course suits them as a society. On this basis, two objectives are developed: the first, to analyze the peculiarities of this dystopia; the second, to establish the role that women play as a link between humanity and nature. To carry out the reading, the contributions of Rosi Braidotti, Donna Haraway, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Žižek, among others, are used.

Keywords:
Daniel Galera; Brazilian novel; fiction; dystopia; symbiosis; female agency

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