Uma Leitura ecossistêmica do conto Maria, da autora Conceição Evaristo

Abstract

This article analyzes the short story Maria, by Conceição Evaristo, under the praxis of the Ecosystem Discourse Analysis, to observe how the racial prejudice discourse impels subjects to practice violence against the black population, in addition to determining how the Afro-Brazilian population I interacted socially. This story tells the story of the character Maria, a black woman, who lives in a slum, works as a domestic worker in the home of a high-income family. On the way home, after another day of work, he gets on a bus that is assaulted by his ex-partner, father of his first child and his great love, and dies, victim of lynching, as a result of a mistake. We used as a basis the theoretical current Analysis of the Ecosystem Discourse, postulated by Couto (2014), which embraces the concepts of valuing life and the fight against avoidable suffering, defending the ideology of life. Thus, it was noticed that this narrative highlights discrimination and prejudice against black people and disadvantaged economic class, in addition to focusing, through disharmonious interactions, the contempt and exclusion suffered by black people and women.