A Decolonial Reading of Xicoténcatl [1826; 2020]

• Autor(a) principal: Berndt, Jorge Antonio
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Shaí Del Pozo González, Leila, da Silva Oliveira, Marcio, Candido, Weslei Roberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: A Cor das Letras
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/acordasletras/article/view/9341
• topic: Coloniality; Decolonization; Decolonial translation practice; Reframing of the past; Primeiro romance histórico latino-americano Xicoténcatl; Literatura Comparada; Decolonialidade; Prática tradutória decolonial; Ressignificações do passado

In this study, we used Comparative Literature as a tool to briefly compare the first Latin American historical novel, Xicoténcatl ([1826] 2020) to the model established by Scott in Waverley ([1814] 1985). The purpose of this action was to visualise the congruences and divergences established between the listed works. As a result, this research suggests that Xicoténcatl presents a clear critical ideological content, through the inclusion of the Latin American context of independence from the Spanish Empire. Such representation brings, as mentioned, clear examples of the decolonial potential, something rarely observed in other Latin American inaugural works hybrid of history and fiction. Regarding the theoretical scope, we make use of the perspective of the decolonial studies, according to Palermo (2010), Walsh (2010), Quijano (2005), Mignolo (2003), Lander (2003), Sommer (1993), and others. Furthermore, we discuss about the decolonial critical alternative instituted in a research practice that seeks the disarray of the coloniality of knowledge (QUIJANO, 2005).