Vozes amargas:uma análise comparativa da figura do escravo em úrsula demaria firmino dos reis e a narrativa da vida de Frederick Douglass de Frederick Douglass

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on the similarities and disparities between two black and slave characters present in abolitionist literature, Túlio in Úrsula, by Maria Firmino dos Reis, and A Narrativa da Vida de Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, being respectively a Brazilian and a North American work. Although both narratives report the atrocities of slavery, this research consists of listing specific aspects in the writing of these works, which will lead us to know the fragmented constitution of each of the characters, identifying scars left by the ailments of slavery, such as silence, both literal and psychological imprisonment, and the notion of freedom. Under the light of comparative literature (KRISTEVA,1974) and the concept of colonial trauma (FANON, 1952), the methodology is based on bibliographical research. The analysis of the work allowed us to diagnose, through the bitter voices of the slave characters under analysis, that slavery was an act of genocide and that it needs to be dealt with, worked through analysis and reflection, ensuring that the diverse epistemologies that exist in our pluriculturalism are known and respected, in order to not silence black voices, which could entail a rise of the epistemologies of white supremacy again.