The utopic value of rupture in ‘the revolt in the idol-worshipping house’ (Pepetela) and ‘the tragedy of king Christophe’ (Aimé Césaire)

Authors

  • Fabrice Schurmans Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v5i11.29663

Keywords:

Pepetela, Césaire, history-memory

Abstract

This paper analyzes the concepts of history, memory and forgetfulness in the plays La tragédie du roi Christophe (1970) by Césaire and A Revolta da Casa dos Ídolos (1980) by Pepetela in order to disclose how these works of fiction question and challenge hegemonic history. The study of the stag­ing of memory and history in those plays is based on an articulation of the hermeneutics of literary texts with Stéphane Mosès’s elaboration on the critiques of Benjamin, Rosenzweig and Scholem. 

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Published

2013-11-30

How to Cite

Schurmans, F. (2013). The utopic value of rupture in ‘the revolt in the idol-worshipping house’ (Pepetela) and ‘the tragedy of king Christophe’ (Aimé Césaire). ABRIL – NEPA / UFF, 5(11), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v5i11.29663

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 11 (2013): MEMORY AND POST-MEMORY

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