Vanessa Riambau Pinheiro

A portrait of the generations

Analysis of works by Pepetela and Lídia Jorge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study takes a literary-historical look at the generations that preceded and succeeded Salazarism and its repercussions in Portugal and Angola by analyzing two works: O jardim sem limites (1995) by Portuguese author Lídia Jorge and Predadores (2008) by Angolan writer Artur Pestana, known as Pepetela. The former shows us characters of different ages displaced in their country, albeit for different reasons: the old, because they don't recognize themselves in this new democratic - albeit conservative - Portugal, and the young, because they don't identify with this place whose recent past they don't know. The Angolan writer's work, on the other hand, covers a period from 1974, immediately after the fall of the Estado Novo and a year before independence, to 2004, three years after the end of the civil war that followed the war for liberation. Thus, we have two alternating generations: the pre-74 generation - including those who fought for Angola's freedom and those who were not involved in politics or its subsequent outcome - and the children of the war, all alienated from the political and social context of which they are a part.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9786207283071
• ISBN-10: 6207283074
• Artikelnr.: 70205284

Autorenporträt

Vanessa Neves Riambau Pinheiro has a PhD in Literature from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Since 2011, she has been an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Paraíba. She recently completed her post-doctorate at the University of Lisbon, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ana Mafalda Leite, on the formation of the literary canon in Mozambique.