From Identitary Construction to a Web of Differences: A Glance at Portuguese-language Literatures
Based on an overview of Afro-Luso-Brazilian literary productions, this article discusses the issue of the Portuguese language, its expansion and the web of differences it harbours. To achieve this wider goal, the article addresses two symbolic constructs which ultimately supplement each other when m...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rccsar, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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RCCS Annual Review
2012
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Based on an overview of Afro-Luso-Brazilian literary productions, this article discusses the issue of the Portuguese language, its expansion and the web of differences it harbours. To achieve this wider goal, the article addresses two symbolic constructs which ultimately supplement each other when more ample linguistic constructs are taken into consideration. Firstly, the spotlight is cast on the issue of Lusism, read as an identitary construction which, within the Portuguese artistic-verbal space of creation, initially cast itself euphorically and then was problematised to such an extent that it often became dysphoric. This is followed by a discussion of Lusophony, read, with Eduardo Lourenço, as a “mythology” which takes on meaning only if account is taken of existing identifications among the various intercontinental speakers of the language, on the one hand, and on the other, of the diversities which profoundly differentiate them. |
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