Das razões dialógicas do testemunho (im)perfeito. Um estudo do romance A Costa dos Murmúrios de Lídia Jorge

Authors

  • María Aparecida Fontes Università degli Studi di Padova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-0967/11339

Keywords:

testimony, memory, Colonial War, anachronisms, History

Abstract

In this essay I propose a reflection on the dialogical reasons of the testimony and the traditional concept of history. Starting from the ethics of dialogical communication and the anachronisms of memory, the novel A Costa dos Murmúrios by Lidia Jorge juxtaposes two versions of the past:  a fictional representation of the colonial wars and a woman’s testimonial. Through the dialogue with an absent character as well as with the very structure of the narrative, Eva Lopo calls into question the testimonial device of those who in a critical way witness in loco and a posteriori the end of an empire.

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Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Fontes, M. A. (2020). Das razões dialógicas do testemunho (im)perfeito. Um estudo do romance A Costa dos Murmúrios de Lídia Jorge. Confluenze. Rivista Di Studi Iberoamericani, 12(1), 214–239. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-0967/11339

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020): NARCOCULTURAS. La construcción de un imaginario entre discurso hegemónico y nuevas narrativas de la violencia

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ESSAYS

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