“Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures

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Autor(a) principal: Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
eng
Título da fonte: Bakhtiniana
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Resumo: Metamorphosis is a term inherent to colonial reality in which ontological and identity paradigms and conceptions reveal a recurring question in African literature: Who am I? Based on this, this article aims to analyze the phenomenon of metamorphosis/transmutation as a characteristic of real-animist texts, which is an aesthetic consequence arising from the animistic conception of perceiving the world. We will discuss how the presence of the imaginary of traditional African religiosity translates into recurrent unusual episodes, such as transmutations, through the works of African writers such as Nigerian Amos Tutuola, Angolan Décio Bettencourt, and Mozambican Mia Couto. Finally, we will observe that the presence of this phenomenon translates not only into a mythical imaginary but also into becoming-individual and becoming-nation in societies fragmented identity-wise by colonialism.
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spelling “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures “Metamorfoses decoloniais”: o inconsciente animista e transmutações como cosmovisão nas Literaturas Africanas Realismo animistaMetamorfoseTransmutaçãoLiteratura AfricanaAnimist realismMetamorphosisTransmutationAfrican literatureMetamorphosis is a term inherent to colonial reality in which ontological and identity paradigms and conceptions reveal a recurring question in African literature: Who am I? Based on this, this article aims to analyze the phenomenon of metamorphosis/transmutation as a characteristic of real-animist texts, which is an aesthetic consequence arising from the animistic conception of perceiving the world. We will discuss how the presence of the imaginary of traditional African religiosity translates into recurrent unusual episodes, such as transmutations, through the works of African writers such as Nigerian Amos Tutuola, Angolan Décio Bettencourt, and Mozambican Mia Couto. Finally, we will observe that the presence of this phenomenon translates not only into a mythical imaginary but also into becoming-individual and becoming-nation in societies fragmented identity-wise by colonialism.“Metamorfose” é um termo inerente à realidade colonial, em que os paradigmas e concepções ontológicas e identitárias descortinam uma questão recorrente na literatura africana: Quem sou eu? A partir disso, este artigo objetiva analisar o fenômeno da metamorfose/transmutação como uma das características do texto real-animista, consequência estética advinda da concepção animista de ver o mundo. Para tanto, discutiremos como a presença do imaginário da religiosidade tradicional africana se traduz em recorrentes episódios insólitos – como a transmutação –, através da obra de escritores africanos, como o nigeriano Amós Tutuola, o angolano Décio Bettencourt e o moçambicano Mia Couto. Por fim, veremos que a presença deste fenômeno traduz não só um imaginário mítico, mas os devires homem e nação em sociedades fragmentadas identitariamente pelo colonialismo.Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo2023-11-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/bakhtiniana/article/view/62376Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso ; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024)Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso; Vol. 19 Núm. 1 (2024)Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024)Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso; v. 19 n. 1 (2024)Бахтиниана: Журнал дискурсивных исследований; Том 19 № 1 (2024)2176-4573reponame:Bakhtinianainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPporenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/bakhtiniana/article/view/62376/43659https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/bakhtiniana/article/view/62376/43660Copyright (c) 2023 Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discursohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessParadiso, Silvio Ruiz2023-11-30T11:30:52Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62376Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/bakhtiniana/indexPRIhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||bakhtinianarevista@gmail.com2176-45732176-4573opendoar:2023-11-30T11:30:52Bakhtiniana - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
“Metamorfoses decoloniais”: o inconsciente animista e transmutações como cosmovisão nas Literaturas Africanas
title “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
spellingShingle “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz
Realismo animista
Metamorfose
Transmutação
Literatura Africana
Animist realism
Metamorphosis
Transmutation
African literature
title_short “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
title_full “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
title_fullStr “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
title_full_unstemmed “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
title_sort “Decolonial Metamorphoses:” The Animist Unconscious and Transmutations as a Cosmovision in African Literatures
author Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz
author_facet Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Realismo animista
Metamorfose
Transmutação
Literatura Africana
Animist realism
Metamorphosis
Transmutation
African literature
topic Realismo animista
Metamorfose
Transmutação
Literatura Africana
Animist realism
Metamorphosis
Transmutation
African literature
description Metamorphosis is a term inherent to colonial reality in which ontological and identity paradigms and conceptions reveal a recurring question in African literature: Who am I? Based on this, this article aims to analyze the phenomenon of metamorphosis/transmutation as a characteristic of real-animist texts, which is an aesthetic consequence arising from the animistic conception of perceiving the world. We will discuss how the presence of the imaginary of traditional African religiosity translates into recurrent unusual episodes, such as transmutations, through the works of African writers such as Nigerian Amos Tutuola, Angolan Décio Bettencourt, and Mozambican Mia Couto. Finally, we will observe that the presence of this phenomenon translates not only into a mythical imaginary but also into becoming-individual and becoming-nation in societies fragmented identity-wise by colonialism.
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso ; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024)
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