O risível mundo às avessas em Elisa Lucinda: a questão racial em foco

Thiara Cruz de Oliveira; Michele Freire  Schiffler

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2025vol45n2p169

The laughable upside-down world in Elisa Lucinda: the racial issue in focus

Authors

Thiara Cruz de Oliveira Federal University of Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-2037
Michele Freire Schiffler Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-468X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2025vol45n2p169

Keywords:

comical, comic, Elisa Lucinda, racism

Abstract

This article analyzes the comedic element in Livro do Avesso: o pensamento de Edite, written by Elisa Lucinda, whose aesthetic choice of literary fabulation is guided by humor. Based on theories of laughter, particularly the work of Henri Bergson (2018), Vladimir Propp (1992), and Sigmund Freud (2015), the critical nature of humor in the character Edite’s thoughts is highlighted. These thoughts navigate the comic but reveal the tragic, especially regarding ethnic-racial issues. In this context, there is dialogue with Grada Kilomba (2019), bell hooks (2010, 2019), and, in literary terms, with Cuti (2010). It is observed that Edite’s thoughts serve as central resources for constructing humor in this literary work, granting the character a sense of freedom to express opinions on any subject. In the reversed perspective of life, within its untamed flow, flaws and vices of individuals are primarily exposed, thus creating a space for freely critiquing racist discourse without fear of humor losing its impact, as well as for addressing what Adilson Moreira (2019) defines as “recreational racism”.

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Author Biographies

Thiara Cruz de Oliveira, Federal University of Espírito Santo

Doutoranda em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.
Professora de Língua Portuguesa (SEDU/ES).

Michele Freire Schiffler , Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Doutora em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)

Professora do Departamento de Línguas e Letras da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

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Published

2025-12-11

How to Cite

Oliveira, Thiara Cruz de, and Michele Freire Schiffler. “The Laughable Upside-down World in Elisa Lucinda: The Racial Issue in Focus”. Terra Roxa E Outras Terras: Revista De Estudos Literários, vol. 45, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 169-7, doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2025vol45n2p169.

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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2025): Identity processes in Afro-Brazilian literature: problems and engagements

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