Uma análise da vinculação libidinal da adoção presente na obra O Filho de Mil Homens de Valter Hugo Mãe à luz da psicanálise laplancheana

Abstract

This essay will use Jean Laplanche’s theory of generalized seduction to analyze the adoption portrayed in the book written by Valter Hugo Mãe, O Filho de Mil Homens (2016). The novel’s main character is a fisherman called Crisóstomo that, after reaching the age of 40 years old, was stricken with sadness for not having a son still. Ultimately, on his way to work, he meets and then adopts Camilo, a 14-year-old boy, finally securing a family of his own and reaching the feeling of fulfillment with the decision. This work will center itself on the adoption process that took place between them, as well as the parental authorization and psychic pregnancy, valid concepts to understand the libidinal link formed in the clinical approach of adoption. The goal of the project is to apply Laplanchean’s psychoanalysis thesis to understand the mutual libidinal link established between the characters Crisóstomo and Camilo, father and son, by correlating psychoanalysis with literature.