Towards a World-Literary aesthetics of postcolonial memory: Rainhas da noite, by João Paulo Borges Coelho
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World-literature, Postcolonial memory, João Paulo Borges CoelhoAbstract
This article discusses the ways in which João Paulo Borges Coelho’s widely acknowledged talent creating literary works that conjugate global issues and local contexts illuminates the connection between postcolonial memory and world-literature. Through an analysis of this 2013 novel Rainhas da Noite, we argue that his nuanced representation of colonialism through memory operates a critique of postcolonial societies that is inherently transnational and systemic.
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