A mulher na cena literária em Paulina Chiziane e Conceição Evaristo: diálogos de resistência

This paper intends to study the short stories "As cicatrizes do amor", by the Mozambican writer Paulina Chiziane, and "Quantos filhos Natalina teve?", by the Afro-Brazilian writer Conceicao Evaristo. Therefore, it considers the concept of gender as a category of analysis. The authors demonstrate the woman in the literary scene and it is possible to recognize dialogues of resistance in the plot. They express the female condition through the (de)construction of the maternal image.