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O conceito de resistência em três textos da literatura brasileira à luz da teoria pós-colonial

2005; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4025/actascihumansoc.v27i2.196

1807-8656

Thomas Bonnici, Augusto Noronha Gonçalves,

Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies

Three texts from Brazilian literature fictionally representing the colonial subject’s resistance are analyzed. The second canto of the epic poem O Uraguai, the female slave Bertoleza in the novel O cortiço and the short story Pai contra Mãe are interpreted by postcolonial theories set forth by Bhabha, Ashcroft, Fanon, Spivak and others so that the type of resistance against the colonizer by the colonial subject may be investigated. Although clues intimating transformation may be perceived in the characters under analysis, physical violence as a reaction against colonialism is dominant. A discussion on the ambiguity of such violence is provided, coupled to its possible replacement by transformation embodied by parody and irony.