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The Colonial Wars in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction (MonografÃas A) (Monografías A) /
Moutinho, Isabel
The Colonial Wars in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction (MonografÃas A) (Monografías A) / Isabel Moutinho - 184 pages
"The colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal's Vietnam. The novels discussed in this study, written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Lidia Jorge and Manuel Alegre among others, aroused passionate responses from the reading public and initiated a national debate, otherwise lacking in the contemporary press, with their systematic deconstruction of the rhetoric of patriotism and colonialism of Antonio Salazar's regime. The author's approach is of necessity grounded in postcolonial thought, as these works represent the awakening of a post-imperial conscience in Portuguese literature and society."--Jacket.
9781855661585 1855661586
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Literary Criticism
Literature - Classics / Criticism
Portuguese
Portugal
Spain
European - Spanish & Portuguese
Literature & Fiction / Literary Criticism
869.3409 / MOU
The Colonial Wars in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction (MonografÃas A) (Monografías A) / Isabel Moutinho - 184 pages
"The colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal's Vietnam. The novels discussed in this study, written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Lidia Jorge and Manuel Alegre among others, aroused passionate responses from the reading public and initiated a national debate, otherwise lacking in the contemporary press, with their systematic deconstruction of the rhetoric of patriotism and colonialism of Antonio Salazar's regime. The author's approach is of necessity grounded in postcolonial thought, as these works represent the awakening of a post-imperial conscience in Portuguese literature and society."--Jacket.
9781855661585 1855661586
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Literary Criticism
Literature - Classics / Criticism
Portuguese
Portugal
Spain
European - Spanish & Portuguese
Literature & Fiction / Literary Criticism
869.3409 / MOU