Abstract
Portuguese: Com foco na inerente relação entre as esferas locais e globais que marca a ficção de João Paulo Borges Coelho, este ensaio propõe que a articulação estética da memória pós-colonial presente em sua obra constitui-na como literatura-mundial. Através da análise do romance Rainhas da Noite (2013), argumentamos que sua representação nuançada do colonialismo pela lente da memória opera uma crítica das sociedades pós-coloniais que é, intrinsecamente, transnacional e sistêmica.
English: This article discusses the ways in which João Paulo Borges Coelho’s widely acknowledged talent creating literary works that conjugate global issues and local contexts illuminates the connection between postcolonial memory and world-literature. Through an analysis of this 2013 novel Rainhas da Noite, we argue that his nuanced representation of colonialism through memory operates a critique of postcolonial societies that is inherently transnational and systemic.
English: This article discusses the ways in which João Paulo Borges Coelho’s widely acknowledged talent creating literary works that conjugate global issues and local contexts illuminates the connection between postcolonial memory and world-literature. Through an analysis of this 2013 novel Rainhas da Noite, we argue that his nuanced representation of colonialism through memory operates a critique of postcolonial societies that is inherently transnational and systemic.
| Translated title of the contribution | Towards a world-literary aesthetics of postcolonial memory: Rainhas da Noite, by João Paulo Borges Coelho |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 333-363 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Via Atlântica |
| Volume | 40 |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Literatura-mundial
- Memória pós-colonial
- João Paulo Borges Coelho
- world-literature
- postcolonial memory