Memórias de um cárcere voluntário. José Eduardo Agualusa, Teoria geral do esquecimento

The paper presents an analysis of A general theory of oblivion, a novel by José Eduardo Agualusa, in light of the Portuguese postcolonial paradigm, specifically by Boaventura de Sousa Santos. It presents the trajectory of the protagonist, Ludovica, as a hybrid of a representant of the past, colonial...

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Published inRomanica Cracoviensia Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 115 - 124
Main Author Wolny, Anna
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego 2021
Jagiellonian University Press
Subjects
Language and Literature Studies
Portuguese postcolonialism
José Eduardo Agualusa
memory
A general theory of oblivion
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Summary:The paper presents an analysis of A general theory of oblivion, a novel by José Eduardo Agualusa, in light of the Portuguese postcolonial paradigm, specifically by Boaventura de Sousa Santos. It presents the trajectory of the protagonist, Ludovica, as a hybrid of a representant of the past, colonial tradition and a habitant of the emerging postcolonial reality. Agualusa shows two strategies of dealing with those conditions and, in a creative effort of constructing a new Angolan identity, positions himself on the side of the memory perpetuated through time.
ISSN:1732-8705
2084-3917
DOI:10.4467/20843917RC.21.012.14067