Quando a realidade fecha a porta dos sonhos : a decadência da família de João Guedes e a luta de Maria José pela sobrevivência na obra Porteira fechada, de Cyro Martins.

Abstract

In this work, our goal is to analyse the actions and behaviour of the female characters and identify the reasons of the decadence of the Guedes family in the oeuvre Porteira fechada, by writer Cyro Martins. Initially, we seek to situate the author in the Modernism period and in romance de 30, as well as describe in detail the entire trajectory of João Guedes’ family, from countryside to misery in the city. Shortly thereafter, we accomplished a study about the main reasons that caused the family decadence. Ultimately, and based on theoretical grounding, we researched about women from the 20th century, as well as analysed the female characters present in the oeuvre, focusing on Maria José, which struggled against the misery that the family was facing.