WRITING A LIBERATING STORY WITHIN THE TUMULT OF MODERNITY: GERMANO ALMEIDA’S IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE

Authors

  • Maria do Carmo Martins Pires

Keywords:

Historiography. Metafiction. Postmodernism.

Abstract

This article explores the tension in Germano Almeida’s novels between the desire to depict the experience of Cape Verde history and the aspiration to write within the aesthetic norms of contemporary world literature. This study is based on an analysis of A Morte do Ouvidor. In this novel, Almeida focuses on the 18th-century event in Ribeira Grande to which the title refers. We hope to show that despite his fractured narrative style, Almeida seeks to participate in shaping the identity of a country that is compelled, due to its insufficient economic resources, to define its place in today’s globalised society.

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Published

2016-08-02

How to Cite

Pires, M. do C. M. (2016). WRITING A LIBERATING STORY WITHIN THE TUMULT OF MODERNITY: GERMANO ALMEIDA’S IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE. Revista Cerrados, 25(41). Retrieved from https://www.periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/25399