From Palmares to the kingdom of Nzinga

History and places of affection in the writing of Agualusa

Authors

  • Naira N Almeida Nascimento Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)
  • Edna da Silva Polese Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i22p1-16

Keywords:

José Eduardo Agualusa, Identity, History

Abstract

Through the analysis of two novels by José Eduardo Agualusa, The year that Zumbi took Rio (2002) and The Queen Ginga (2014), published in Brazil in 2015, we intend to study the centrality that Portuguese Language cultures have been involved in its production since 1997. In the case of the two novels, the protagonism is lent to two historical personages of cultures of African origin, Zumbi and Ginga, that compose an intricate board of identities in the lusófona triangulation drawn by the Atlantic Ocean. The reflection on language, poetry and translation constitute, nevertheless, the tonic never absent from the novels and short stories of this Angolan writer.

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Author Biographies

  • Naira N Almeida Nascimento, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)

    Professora Adjunta de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa da UTFPR. Doutora em Estudos Literários pela UFPR.

  • Edna da Silva Polese, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)

    Professora Adjunta de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa. Doutora em Estudos Literários pela UFPR.

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Published

2018-12-21

Issue

No. 22 (2018): O Atlântico Sul na Literatura: Fluxo e Refluxo

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How to Cite

Nascimento, N. N. A., & Polese, E. da S. (2018). From Palmares to the kingdom of Nzinga: History and places of affection in the writing of Agualusa. Revista Criação & Crítica, 22, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i22p1-16