CULTURA, CRISTIANISMO E MODERNIDADE NO ROMANCE MUEDA: NOS LABIRINTOS DOS RITOS DE INICIAÇÃO DE CARLOS PARADONA RUFINO ROQUE

• Autor(a) principal: Vitangui Chissingui Nachivango, Pessoa
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Mafalda Leite, Ana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno Seminal Digital
• Texto Completo: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/cadernoseminal/article/view/79834
• topic: Initiation Rite; Culture; Christianity; Modernity; The Classical Myth; Rito de Iniciação; Cultura; Cristianismo; Modernidade; Mito Clássico

The theme “Culture, Christianity and Modernity in the novel ‘Mueda: nos labirintos dos ritos de iniciação’ by Carlos Paradona Rufino Roque” focuses on the initiation rites of Mozambican culture in the encounter with Christianity and Modernity. Stage of the novel, Mueda is a village in the Cabo Delgado province and the cultural capital of the Makonde people. The aim of the work is to compare the constitutive elements of the initiation rites with the classic myth. Tempering history and fiction, the novel reveals the mysteries of the initiatory liturgy and the syncretic environment of the inhabitants of Mueda, the target of the author’s criticism. The search for the most beautiful young woman through the initiation rites, attracts young people to Mueda. The aim is to conquer the most beautiful woman, which inscribes the novel on the same level as the classical myths such as Paris and Helen or Hippomenes and Atalanta.