The other side of a crime: O segredo da morta, by António de Assis Júnior
The aim of this paper is to analyse the relevance of the novel O segredo da morta, by António de Assis Júnior, published in 1934, to the new literature in Angola. If in its very beginning the purpose is to show the Angolans’mores and to describe this African colonie, in this novel it’s the literary...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (RGPL) |
| Repositorio: | Convergência Lusíada (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.convergencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/472 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.convergencialusiada.com.br/rcl/article/view/472 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | António de Assis Júnior Colonial Society Angolan Mores Sociedade colonial Costumes angolanos |
| Resumo: | The aim of this paper is to analyse the relevance of the novel O segredo da morta, by António de Assis Júnior, published in 1934, to the new literature in Angola. If in its very beginning the purpose is to show the Angolans’mores and to describe this African colonie, in this novel it’s the literary words and the power of fiction and free imagination which take the most important place. Fantasy and supernatural blend History and Myth, Tradition and Dream. The presence of the marabilia into a world taken as a real one, introduces a gap between History and Legend and destabilizes the rationalist discourse. The voice coming from another world composes the animist realism, particularity of African literature. |
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