Arrangements of worlds, ontological struggles, and geographical imaginings: proposing a literary geography based on the work of Mia Couto

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https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v15i3.68617

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This article takes an approach that overcomes the episodic and marginal nature of the Geography - Literature relationship by discussing how the intertwining of these two fields of knowledge is fruitful when the intention is to investigate the geographical imaginings present in the work itself, as opposed to conceptions that search for the aspects of reality in artistic-literary manifestations. Based on these assumptions, Mozambican author Mia Couto's work was selected to understand geographical imaginings about the unique world and the coexistence of geographies in and through his writings. Thus, in addition to the debate about the interweaving of geographic science and literary art, we discuss the reflection and proposition of the worlds present in Mia Couto's magical realism. We conclude that the intertwining between Geography and Couto's oeuvre is disclosed as part of Escobar's ontological struggles (2014), fighting against a single world's ideas and promoting geographical imaginings of coexistences; furthermore, is it a fruitful script for literary geography.

Keywords: Geography. Literature. Mia Couto. Imagination.

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2021-12-20

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DO NASCIMENTO, F. C. Arrangements of worlds, ontological struggles, and geographical imaginings: proposing a literary geography based on the work of Mia Couto. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 3, p. 174–187, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/ag.v15i3.68617. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/68617. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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