Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
This article is about the fictional production of Mia Couto, especially his short stories. It analyzes how the Mozambican author uses in his writings issues related to speech and language and links it to the theories of postcolonialism. For Mia Couto the process of colonization imposes on the coloni...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Abril |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/424 |
| Summary: | This article is about the fictional production of Mia Couto, especially his short stories. It analyzes how the Mozambican author uses in his writings issues related to speech and language and links it to the theories of postcolonialism. For Mia Couto the process of colonization imposes on the colonized another way of speaking, which corresponds to another language. |
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| ISSN: | 1984-2090 |