A Construção do Mal-estar: uma leitura da gênese do conto "A bela e a fera ou A ferida grande demais" de Clarice Lispector

Abstract

The literary criticism has always emphasized the intuitive aspect of Clarice Lispector's writing, denying the detailed construction of her texts, that were, in this perspective, the result of a process of montage. This view is due to the fact that her writing procedures were basically fragmentary and without a previous plan. This article intends to show that, despite being possible to classify Clarice's creation as a "writing as a process" — according to the distinction established by Louis Hay — some of the essential characteristics of her work — such as the "moment of epiphany" — turn out by means of changes in the text fixed in an initial phase. This process can be seen in the analysis of fragments of the short story "A bela e a fera ou A ferida grande demais".