Violence, Silence and Veiled Revolt in the Readings of Sappho (fr. 31 Voigt)

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Sappho’s poems received a varied reception throughout history, accordingly to the changes in the mentality of its readers. To follow diachronically this variation is to evidence some developments in the social imaginary about many complex questions evoked by her poetry. The social position of women, for example, or certain aspects of homoeroticism - subjects profoundly imbricated in Sappho - are frequently used as material for these readings, departing from some of the current perspectives in one period, in order to create and reinforce certain discourses of power. The famous fragment 31 Voigt of Sappho is an emblematic case of this multiplicity of interpretations. Our aim here is to depart from it to weave a series of considerations and elucidations about some of Sappho’s facets hidden by centuries of violence, silence and veiled revolt.

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Sara Camila Barbosa Anjos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Letras

Sara Camila Barbosa dos Anjos (scbanjos@ufmg.br; scbanjos@gmail.com) é estudante de graduação em Letras Clássicas na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), estagiária no projeto de extensão Contos de mitologia, com participações como atriz em apresentações do grupo Trupersa (2019). Tem interesse pelas áreas de literatura, teatro e estudos queer e de gênero.

Rafael Guimarães Tavares da Silva, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Rafael Guimaraes Tavares da Silva (rafadaemon@ufmg.br; gtsilva.rafa@gmail.com) é estudante de Língua e Literatura Clássicas (Grego Antigo), doutorando no PÓS-LIT da UFMG, com interesses que vão da Filosofia e da História (Antigas e Contemporâneas) à Teoria da Literatura, além de teoria e prática da Tradução e da Educação. Trabalha diversos temas relacionados à literatura e ao teatro, em abordagens marcadas principalmente pelo viés da desconstrução e do pós-estruturalismo.

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2021-12-10

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Anjos, S. C. B., & Silva, R. G. T. da. (2021). Violence, Silence and Veiled Revolt in the Readings of Sappho (fr. 31 Voigt). Revista Estudos Feministas, 29(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2021v29n371408

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