Memory is of the Future

Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Novels of Africa and the African Diaspora

Bibliographic Data

ID3906103
AuthorsIsabel Caldeira (0000-0002-2850-7423, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue26
Publication date2016-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
Venuee-cadernos CES (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1647-0737 • E-ISSN: 1647-0737
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/eces.2126
OpenAlexW2592806416
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In “Memory is of the Future: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Novels of the African Diaspora” I explore comparative possibilities among examples of the contemporary novel of the African diaspora – Toni Morrison (USA) and Maryse Condé (Guadaloupe); and African novels written in Portuguese by Pepetela (Angola), and Mia Couto (Mozambique). I attempt to understand the way writers position themselves towards the past and the future of their communities and nations. As their common paradigm is colonial, the discussion of tradition versus modernity, as well as the relation between memory and history gain a special relevance. To foster my discussion I shall be using a postcolonial theoretical framework resorting mainly to Enrique Dussel, Édouard Glissant, and Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Art · Colonialism · Diaspora · Epistemology · Literature · Modernity · Portuguese · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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