DE ALIMA A XILIM: A MEMÓRIA ANCESTRAL E O COLONIALISMO NO ROMANCE PORTAGEM, DE ORLANDO MENDES

Abstract

THIS PAPER ANALYSES THE ANCESTRAL SETTING OF MEMOIR AND ITS RESISTANCE IN THE COLONIAL SITUATION LIVED BY MOZAMBIQUE IN THE 60’S AND 70’S OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THUS, THE NOVEL PORTAGEM(1966), WRITTEN BY THE MOZAMBICAN WRITER ORLANDO MENDES (1916-1990), IS GOING TO PRESENT HOW THE ANCESTRY, COMBINED WITH THE COLONIAL SETTING, IS GOING TO BEHAVE ITSELF ON A PROCESS OF THE MOZAMBICAN LITERATURE FORMATION AND ITS SOCIETY.