Os traumas oriundos das relações familiares de Marianne no romance Pessoas normais, de Sally Rooney.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze how trauma resulting from domestic violence deeply mark the personality of Marianne, one of the protagonists of the Irish novel Normal People, by Sally Rooney. From the physical, moral and psychological aggressions on the part of the father, mother and brother, the character naturalizes the love associated with aggressions and, therefore, becomes interested in being beaten up during intercourse with boyfriends. Our analysis consists of an initial survey of the types of violence Marianne suffers, and then trying to understand her behavior in her love relationships. We base our ideas on trauma in Dione Zavaroni and Terezinha Viana (2015), on love in Erich Fromm (1971) and we use Anne Fogarty (2002) to show that the relationship between Marianne and her mother is a reflection of current Irish society.