Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales

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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Main Author: Maurício Silva
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2017-11-01
Series:Abril
Subjects:
Mia Couto
Literatura africana lusófona
Língua Portuguesa.
Online Access:http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/424
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spelling doaj-406ff91f5b73422bb5ee68531cb3054c2020-11-24T22:34:59ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseAbril1984-20902017-11-019199911710.22409/abriluff.2017n19a424316Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto talesMaurício Silva0Universidade Nove de Julho (São Paulo)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.http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/424Mia CoutoLiteratura africana lusófonaLíngua Portuguesa.
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Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
Abril
Mia Couto
Literatura africana lusófona
Língua Portuguesa.
author_facet Maurício Silva
author_sort Maurício Silva
title Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
title_short Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
title_full Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
title_fullStr Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
title_full_unstemmed Meaning and no meaning of Portuguese language: issues of speech and language in Mia Couto tales
title_sort meaning and no meaning of portuguese language: issues of speech and language in mia couto tales
publisher Universidade Federal Fluminense
series Abril
issn 1984-2090
publishDate 2017-11-01
description 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.
topic Mia Couto
Literatura africana lusófona
Língua Portuguesa.
url http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/424
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