The mirrors of alterity in “Luisa, filha de Nica” by Orlanda Amarílis

Authors

  • Prisca Agustoni de Almeida Pereira Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v2i2.29826

Keywords:

identity, alterity, contemporaneous African fiction

Abstract

The present article aims at analysing the short story “Luísa, filha de Nica”, by the Cape Verdean writer Orlanda Amarílis, based on the thematic referential of alterity, identified in the representation of many characters of the mentioned work. The way in which the image of the other is developed – the crazy, the possessed, the dead – reveals a vision of the world that does not match the rational patterns of societies originated from the Enlightment.

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Published

2009-04-19

How to Cite

Pereira, P. A. de A. (2009). The mirrors of alterity in “Luisa, filha de Nica” by Orlanda Amarílis. ABRIL – NEPA / UFF, 2(2), 122-134. https://doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.v2i2.29826

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009): LANDSCAPE AND SPACE

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Articles

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