Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease
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Resumo: | Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe`s novel No longer at ease sharply focuses questions related to post-coloniality, which operate, in the novel, as a marked element in character constitution. Character figuration is, as defined by Reis (2018), the rhetorical, fictional and acting devices which outline the fictional figure; in No longer at ease these devices deal with the post-colonial element through cultural dissents between the old metropolis, England, and the former colony, Niger, and through tensions between tradition and modernity as well. Therefore, we propose an analysis of character constitution through the optics of post-colonial studies, considering cultural differences, colonialist heritage and character figuration. Theoretical foundation for the implications of post-coloniality in the novel are sought in Bonnici (2012); reference on character construction is based on Forster (1962), Bordini (2006), Brait (2017), and Reis (2018). The analysis developed in articulation with this theoretical framework allows for the conclusion that the novel central character is constituted by the duality triggered by his existential conflicts, and, very especially, the contrast between who he is and who he intended to be in the post-colonial context. |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at easeSob o signo pós-colonial: a figuração do personagem em A paz dura pouco, de Chinua Achebecharacter; narrative; post-colonial Literature; Chinua Achebe.Personagem; Narrativa; Literatura Pós-Colonial; Chinua Achebe.Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe`s novel No longer at ease sharply focuses questions related to post-coloniality, which operate, in the novel, as a marked element in character constitution. Character figuration is, as defined by Reis (2018), the rhetorical, fictional and acting devices which outline the fictional figure; in No longer at ease these devices deal with the post-colonial element through cultural dissents between the old metropolis, England, and the former colony, Niger, and through tensions between tradition and modernity as well. Therefore, we propose an analysis of character constitution through the optics of post-colonial studies, considering cultural differences, colonialist heritage and character figuration. Theoretical foundation for the implications of post-coloniality in the novel are sought in Bonnici (2012); reference on character construction is based on Forster (1962), Bordini (2006), Brait (2017), and Reis (2018). The analysis developed in articulation with this theoretical framework allows for the conclusion that the novel central character is constituted by the duality triggered by his existential conflicts, and, very especially, the contrast between who he is and who he intended to be in the post-colonial context.O romance A paz dura pouco, do escritor nigeriano Chinua Achebe, focaliza, de forma bastante aguda, as questões relacionadas à pós-colonialidade, que, por sua vez, são o elemento balizador da figuração do personagem. A figuração do personagem, que compreende, segundo Reis (2018), os dispositivos retóricos, ficcionais e acionais que delineiam a figura ficcional, configura-se, na obra em análise, por meio das dissidências culturais entre a antiga metrópole, Inglaterra, e a ex-colônia, Nigéria, bem como as tensões entre a tradição e a modernidade. Assim, propomos uma análise da constituição do personagem pelo viés da teoria pós-colonial considerando as diferenças culturais, fruto do colonialismo, na figuração do personagem. Como aporte teórico, buscamos em Bonnici (2012) base sobre a teoria pós-colonial; e em Forster (1962), Bordini (2006), Brait (2017) e Reis (2018) referencial sobre personagem. A partir das articulações teóricas e da análise desenvolvida, observamos o personagem central do romance como constituído pela dualidade estabelecida por seus conflitos existenciais, muito especialmente o contraste entre o quem é e quem pretendia ser, colocados no contexto pós-colonial.Universidade Estadual De Maringá2020-05-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/5092310.4025/actascilangcult.v42i1.50923Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; Vol 42 No 1 (2020): Jan.-June; e50923Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; v. 42 n. 1 (2020): Jan.-June; e509231983-46831983-4675reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/50923/751375150072Copyright (c) 2020 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culturehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHermes, Ernani Silverio Silva, Denise Almeida 2022-02-20T22:24:52Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/50923Revistahttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCultPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/oai||actalan@uem.br1983-46831983-4675opendoar:2022-02-20T22:24:52Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease Sob o signo pós-colonial: a figuração do personagem em A paz dura pouco, de Chinua Achebe |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease Hermes, Ernani Silverio character; narrative; post-colonial Literature; Chinua Achebe. Personagem; Narrativa; Literatura Pós-Colonial; Chinua Achebe. |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease |
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Under the postcolonial sign: character figuration in Chinua Achebe’s No longer at ease |
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Hermes, Ernani Silverio |
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Hermes, Ernani Silverio Silva, Denise Almeida |
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Silva, Denise Almeida |
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Hermes, Ernani Silverio Silva, Denise Almeida |
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character; narrative; post-colonial Literature; Chinua Achebe. Personagem; Narrativa; Literatura Pós-Colonial; Chinua Achebe. |
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character; narrative; post-colonial Literature; Chinua Achebe. Personagem; Narrativa; Literatura Pós-Colonial; Chinua Achebe. |
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Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe`s novel No longer at ease sharply focuses questions related to post-coloniality, which operate, in the novel, as a marked element in character constitution. Character figuration is, as defined by Reis (2018), the rhetorical, fictional and acting devices which outline the fictional figure; in No longer at ease these devices deal with the post-colonial element through cultural dissents between the old metropolis, England, and the former colony, Niger, and through tensions between tradition and modernity as well. Therefore, we propose an analysis of character constitution through the optics of post-colonial studies, considering cultural differences, colonialist heritage and character figuration. Theoretical foundation for the implications of post-coloniality in the novel are sought in Bonnici (2012); reference on character construction is based on Forster (1962), Bordini (2006), Brait (2017), and Reis (2018). The analysis developed in articulation with this theoretical framework allows for the conclusion that the novel central character is constituted by the duality triggered by his existential conflicts, and, very especially, the contrast between who he is and who he intended to be in the post-colonial context. |
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