Subversion and resistance in The last tragedy

Authors

  • Rosilda Alves Bezerra Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), Guarabira, Paraíba.
  • Zuleide Duarte Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB) Guarabira, Paraíba.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v26i1.29264

Keywords:

subversion, resistance, colonization, Guine-Bissau.

Abstract

Texts “labeled” as postcolonial offer reflections regarding the conflicting routes that as they are developed in the in between cultural space (Bhabha, 2011) unveil the circumscribed fragmentation of identity formations. The Last Tragedy by Abdulai Sila recounts the saga of Ndani, “catechized” by Portuguese colonizers. In transit between (Biombo) and the capital (Bissau) he seeks to affirm his identity and alterity in the tensions of ambivalence between the colonizer, confident of his powers, and the colonized who seek their rights. The intention in this paper is to identify how these guiding contributions of “standards” and identity “fixations” are shaken by the deconstructions of the alleged dependence complex of the colonized.

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Author Biographies

Rosilda Alves Bezerra, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), Guarabira, Paraíba.

PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM LITERATURA E INTERCULTURALIDADE

DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS

ÁREA: LITERATURA E ESTUDOS CULTURAIS

CRÍTICA LITERÁRIA

Zuleide Duarte, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB) Guarabira, Paraíba.

DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS E ARTES

ÁREA: LETRAS

SUBÁREA: LITERATURAS E ESTUDOS CULTURAIS

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Published

2014-11-12

How to Cite

BEZERRA, R. A.; DUARTE, Z. Subversion and resistance in The last tragedy. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 26, n. 1, p. 105–118, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/sig.v26i1.29264. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/29264. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Seção Temática

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