Transatlantic sertões: the backlands of Ruy Duarte de Carvalho and Mia Couto
This article develops a transatlantic approach to the colonial and postcolonial uses of the term "sertão" (backlands) in Angola, Brazil, and Mozambique through analyzing the works of Mia Couto and Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, especially in their readings of João Guimarães Rosa. By focusing on t...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositorio: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/29591 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/29591 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Sertão Lusophone studies Ecocriticism Postcolonial studies Estudios lusófonos Ecocrítica Estudios poscoloniales Literatura Medio ambiente Literature Environmental science |
| Resumo: | This article develops a transatlantic approach to the colonial and postcolonial uses of the term "sertão" (backlands) in Angola, Brazil, and Mozambique through analyzing the works of Mia Couto and Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, especially in their readings of João Guimarães Rosa. By focusing on their fictional and essayistic work, I analyze how these authors explore social and environmental dimensions of different sertões in order to negotiate the multiplicity of meanings the term has acquired on both continents. |
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