The exogenous conditioning and the cultural homogenization: reflections on the formation of the canon in Mozambique

• Main Author: Riambau Pinheiro, Vanessa
• Publication Date: 2017
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Gragoatá
• Download full: https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33502
• topic: Canon. Literature. Mozambique.; Cânone. Literatura. Moçambique.

The purpose of this research is to discussthe literary canon’s formation in Mozambique, investigating which processes contribute to its constitution and from which theoretical framework opine the critics who determine it. After discussing these questions – who defines the canon and based on which factors –, we will attempt to analyze specific instances related to the constitution of Mozambicanity as an element of internal literary consolidation. Among them, we will verify the recurrence of themes of essentialist nature and the consequent representation of a pseudo-cultural homogenization practiced in the African country. In order to support our study, we will rely on the theoretical studies of Appiah (1997), Bhabha (1998), Mbembe (2014), Anderson (2008), Leite (2012, 2014) and Martinho (2001), among others. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n43a932.