STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA

<p>The article proposes an analysis of Pepetela’s tale, highlighting the sen­se of “strangeness”, based on the ideas of Benjamin and Freud about this concept, facing the occidental tradition that canonize facts and myths of the Portuguese “achievements” in the end of the fifteenth and the earl...

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Main Author: Marcelo Brandão Mattos
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2011-11-01
Series:Abril
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Online Access:http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/178
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STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
Abril
Estranhamento
Mitologia
História
Narrativas an¬golanas
author_facet Marcelo Brandão Mattos
author_sort Marcelo Brandão Mattos
title STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
title_short STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
title_full STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
title_fullStr STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
title_full_unstemmed STRANGE GODS IN COUNCIL: A READING OF THE SHORT STORY “STRANGE BIRDS WITH OPEN WINGS”, BY PEPETELA
title_sort strange gods in council: a reading of the short story “strange birds with open wings”, by pepetela
publisher Universidade Federal Fluminense
series Abril
issn 1984-2090
publishDate 2011-11-01
description <p>The article proposes an analysis of Pepetela’s tale, highlighting the sen­se of “strangeness”, based on the ideas of Benjamin and Freud about this concept, facing the occidental tradition that canonize facts and myths of the Portuguese “achievements” in the end of the fifteenth and the early six­teenth century. In addition, proposes also understand the fictional clash between the gods of Olympus, presented by Camões, in <em>Os Lusíadas</em>, as controllers of natural phenomena in the world (including Africa) and the African gods, remembered by the Angolan writer as those that dominate the local territory, even before the “colonization of goddesses” proposal in the Portuguese text.</p>
topic Estranhamento
Mitologia
História
Narrativas an¬golanas
url http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/178
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