As sem-razões do amor

The no-reasons of love: a reading of Oficina do vagaroso tempo, by Glória Azevedo

Abstract

This article analyzes, from the perspective of discursive semiotics, the loving affection in the short stories of the writer Glória Azevedo, who works and writes in Tocantins. In her book Oficina do vagaroso tempo, the author presents a sequence of narratives whose protagonists are women who experience the flavors and discomforts of romantic relationships, forming part of the so-called lesbian theme in literary writing. For the analysis, concepts from discursive semiotics were mobilized, especially the categories relating to interaction and passions, at the narrative level. In the characters' journeys of transformation, love is the object-value sought, whose anti-subjects are inscribed in the social order, such as tradition and repressive politics. By producing literary narratives in which love between women is the recurring theme, Azevedo presents short stories in which affection is a possibility that comes true.