ABSTINÊNCIO, FULANO MALTA, ULTÍMIO E MARIANO: REPRESENTAÇÕES DA HISTÓRIA DE MOÇAMBIQUE

Authors

  • Flávia Cristina Bandeca Biazetto Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-7169.crioula.2007.52707

Keywords:

Mia Couto, characters, History of Mozambique

Abstract

THE WORK BY THE MOZAMBICAN WRITER MIA COUTO BELONGS TO THE PORTUGUESE LITERARY SYSTEM AND IT APPROACHES IDENTITY ISSUES. IN HIS BOOKS MIA COUTO DESCRIBES SEVERAL PLACES AND CHARACTERS IN ORDER TO REPRESENT DIFFERENT CULTURES, WHICH COMPOSE MOZAMBIQUE. MOREOVER, HE HAS A SINGULAR WAY OF WRITING, IN WHICH HE JOKES WITH PORTUGUESE LEXICON AND POPULAR PROVERBS OF HIS NATION. THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO ANALYZE THE ROLE OF THE CHARACTERS THAT BELONG TO MARIANO’S FAMILY IN THE NOVEL A RIVER CALLED TIME, A HOUSE CALLED LAND, BY RELATING THEM TO SOME PERIODS OF MOZAMBIQUE HISTORY.

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Author Biography

  • Flávia Cristina Bandeca Biazetto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
    Mestranda em Estudos Comparados de literaturas de Língua Portuguesa, FFLCH-USP. Pesquisa: Análise comparativa entre as crônicas de Mia Couto e Antônio Lobo Antunes.

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Published

2007-05-01

Issue

No. 1 (2007): A voz feminina nas literaturas de língua portuguesa

Section

Artigos e ensaios

How to Cite

Biazetto, F. C. B. (2007). ABSTINÊNCIO, FULANO MALTA, ULTÍMIO E MARIANO: REPRESENTAÇÕES DA HISTÓRIA DE MOÇAMBIQUE. Revista Crioula, 1. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-7169.crioula.2007.52707