Narrating the Postcolonial Nation: Mapping Angola and Mozambique - Couverture souple

Leite, Ana Mafalda; Apa, Livia; Chaves, Rita; Owen, Hilary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3034308914 ISBN 13 : 9783034308915

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014

Synopsis

The essays collected in this volume look at the way that Mozambican and Angolan literary works seek to narrate, re-create and make sense of the postcolonial nation. Some of the studies focus on individual works ; others are comparative analyses of Angolan and Mozambican works, with a focus on the way they enter into dialogue with each other. The volume is oriented by three broad themes : the role of history ; the recurring image of the voyage ; and discursive/narrative strategies. The final section of the book considers the postcolonial in a broader Lusophone and international context.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ana Mafalda Leite is professor of African literature at the University of Lisbon. Her areas of research include Mozambican literature, African cultures and literatures in the Portuguese language, oral literature and postcolonial studies. Her recent publications include Oralidades & Escritas Pós-Coloniais (2012). Hilary Owen is professor of Portuguese and African studies at the University of Manchester. Her publications include Mother Africa, Father Marx : Women's Writings in Mozambique (2007) and Antigone's Daughters ? Gender, Genealogy, and the Politics of Authorship in Twentieth-Century Portuguese Women's Writing (with Cláudia Pazos-Alonso, 2011). Rita Chaves is professor in African literature at the University of São Paulo. She is on the editorial board of Revista de Letras and Via Atlântica. Among her recent publications are Mia Couto : O desejo de contar e de inventar (with Fernanda Cavacas and Tânia Macedo, 2010) and Portanto ... Pepetela (with Tânia Macedo, 2009). Livia Apa is studying towards a doctorate in African literature at the University of Lisbon. She has translated into Italian works by Mia Couto, Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos and Ana Luísa Amaral and has recently published Abitare la lingua : Riflessioni sulla lingua portoghese in Angola (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3034308914
• ISBN 13: 9783034308915
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 299
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible