Abstract
The objective of this paper is to give visibility to the different modes of representation of the aged body in the work of the writer Lygia Fagundes Telles, comparing such images with others presented by Clarice Lispector and Maria Valéria Rezende. Following in the footsteps of Elódia Xavier in Que corpo é esse?, we sought to delineate a kind of typology of the aged body itself, in order to demonstrate the diversity of its representations in works by female authors. In this text, we propose to investigate the aged body as follows: i) the aged body as degradation; ii) the silenced aged body; iii) the redeemed aged body. With their work, these female writers point out how difficult aging becomes in a society that confines the elderly to degrading situations both in domestic and public spheres.
Keywords:
aged body; Lygia Fagundes Telles; female authorship; comparative literature