The banality of evil in Lília Momplé's work

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Salgado UFRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2018.150307

Keywords:

banality of evil, colonialism, Lilia Momplé, Hannah Arendt, Ninguém matou Suhura

Abstract

Reading of the short stories Ninguém matou Suhura, by the Mozambican writer Lília Momplé, from Hannah Arendt's concept of banality of evil. We try to show how the concept can be used to understand the nature of evil in some situations of colonialism. Hanna Arendt has offered us a way to reflect on man's ability / inability to distinguish evil from good and has developed reflections that allow us to understand unusual aspects of the relationship between totalitarian systems and evil.We will try to point out how the tales of Lília Momplé in Ninguém matou Suhura give us a way of reading close to the ideas developed by Arendt on "the banality of evil."

Published

2018-10-31

How to Cite

SALGADO, Maria Teresa. The banality of evil in Lília Momplé’s work. Literartes, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 1, n. 9, p. 159–168, 2018. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2018.150307. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/literartes/article/view/150307.. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.