A identidade como tema fraturante para os protagonistas de Lenora e Ian: a música das esferas

Abstract

This article is an excerpt from the master's thesis entitled Protagonistas de narratives contemporary youth: hand in hand with the young reader (2020). 1The reflection on the representation of identity in youth literature by female authors raises questions about the fabric of the elements that constitute it. The books that make up the corpus of this research are authored by the award-winning writer Heloisa Prieto, Lenora (2008) and Ian – the music of the spheres (2015), published by Rocco – young readers, in the series “To die of fear”. In the narratives, the writer thematizes the supernatural power of music, its influence and the link that unites the lives of the two homonymous protagonists, as well as like that of the protagonist of the second book, Ian. The choice of books is justified by constitute a series not yet covered together by theses or dissertations. Both works are youth novels with a dark tone, in which there is an evident search for affirmation / construction of identity. Among the final results, there is a dialogue with the potential young reader insofar as identity and overcoming it are approached in a concerning the psyche of the target audience