Jorge Amado and African Portuguese-language writers: more than a king, more than a law, more than a language

Authors

  • Rita Chaves Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/abriu2023.12.6

Keywords:

Jorge Amado, margins of society, African literatures in Portuguesse , Africa

Abstract

For decades, more than a writer, Jorge Amado became a sort of icon of Brazil. He brought to his works social spaces, athmosphere and characters identified with the margins of society, highlighting the African footprints in our culture. This Brazil —erased in its own territory— conquered readers in many countries. In former African Portuguese colonies, other than creating enthusiastic readers, Jorge Amado’s works encouraged the practice of writing and had a strong influence on the formation of key authors of the literature of these emerging nations.

Author Biography

Rita Chaves, Universidade de São Paulo

Doutora em Letras  pela Universidade de São Paulo, é professora associada de Literaturas Africanas de Língua Portuguesa na mesma instituição. Foi professora visitante na Yale University, em 1996/97 e na Universidade Eduardo Mondlane entre 1998 e 2004. Tem dois estágios de pós-doutoramento ne Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, em Moçambique. Integra o Conselho Curatorial do Museu da Língua Portuguesa em São Paulo. É autora de A formação do romance angolano e de Angola/Moçambique – experiência colonial e territórios literários. É co-organizadora de Portanto ... Pepetela (Luanda: Chá de Caxinde, 2003), Brasil/África: como se o mar fosse mentira ( Luanda/São Paulo: Chá de Caxinde/ Editora da UNESP, 2006); A kinda e a misanga: encontros brasileiros com a Literatura Angolana ( Luanda/ São Paulo: Nzila/Editora da UNESP, 2007); Mia Couto: o desejo de contar e de inventar ( Maputo: Ndjira, 2009) ;  Portanto ... Pepetela (Cotia:Ateliê, 2009) Passagens para o Índico: encontros brasileiros com a Literatura Moçambicana (Maputo: Marimbique, 2012); Mia couto: um convite à diferença ( São Paulo: Humanitas, 2013); Geografias Literárias em Língua Portuguesa  no século XXI (Padova: TAB, 2021).

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Published

2023-10-15

How to Cite

Chaves, R. (2023). Jorge Amado and African Portuguese-language writers: more than a king, more than a law, more than a language. Abriu: Estudos De Textualidade Do Brasil, Galicia E Portugal, (12), 91–105. https://doi.org/10.1344/abriu2023.12.6

Issue

No. 12 (2023): Saramago and trans-Iberism

Section

MISCELLANY

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