The Indian Ocean, a promise of horizon - interview with João Paulo Borges Coelho

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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.i38.166285

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African Literatures, Indian Ocean, Mozambique, World-Literature, João Paulo Borges Coelho

Abstract

João Paulo Borges Coelho is a mozambican professor, historian and writer of great prominence in the context of the portuguese-speaking African Literatures. The following interview with João Paulo Borges Coelho was carried out in Oxford, November 2019, and subsequently reviewed and edited in colaboration with Elena Brugioni Motivated by the objectives of proposing the Indian Ocean and World-Literature as potential critical paradigms for the study of African Literatures and of analysing the short-story books Índicos Indícios (Borges Coelho, 2005) as emblematic narratives of Mozambique’s transnational imaginaries, this interview addresses, among others, questions concerning the relations between literature and literary critique, Africa and the sea, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean, as well as Borges Coelho’s reflections on historical narratives.

 

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  • Gabriela Beduschi Zanfelice, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem

    Graduanda em Letras no Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL) da Unicamp, Bolsista de Iniciação Cientifica da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP (ref. 2018/20953-6) e membro integrante do KALIBAN - Centro de Pesquisa em Estudos Pós-coloniais e Literatura-Mundial (Unicamp/IEL-CNPq).

  • Elena Brugioni, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem

    Professora de Literaturas Comparadas no Departamento de Teoria Literária do Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL) da Unicamp onde co-coordena o KALIBAN - Centro de Pesquisa em Estudos Pós-coloniais e Literatura-Mundial (Unicamp/IEL-CNPq). Atua nas áreas de literaturas comparadas, literaturas africanas e estudos pós-coloniais; suas pesquisas se debruçam sobre romance africano contemporâneo, cartografias críticas comparatistas, estudos do Oceano Índico e literatura-mundial.

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2020-12-23

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2020): Uma miscelânia literária: pela multiplicidade crítica

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ZANFELICE, Gabriela Beduschi; BRUGIONI, Elena. The Indian Ocean, a promise of horizon - interview with João Paulo Borges Coelho. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 21, n. 2, p. 437–469, 2020. DOI: 10.11606/va.i38.166285. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/166285.. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.