Memórias somânticas de Abdulai Sila: literatura, tradição oral e identidade em Guiné-Bissau.

Abstract

This thesis promotes an analysis of the relationships between literature, memory and Bissau Guinean oral tradition in the literary work Memórias SOMânticas (2016) by writer Abdulai Sila, from the perspective of dialogue between the three aspects, taking into account the colonial past and the consequent processes of subordination/resistance of local cultures. In this sense, this work aims to show and discuss Bissau-Guinean Literature based on the work Memórias SOMânticas, understanding it as an activity of knowledge in the study of art, taking into account its relevance for literary, cultural and, above all, studies. for understanding national identity in Guinea-Bissau and in the post-colonial context. To achieve this, it was about understanding the relationships between literature and identities in the field of post colonial theory, as well as the relationships between literary history and the culture of the country under study, as well as problematizing the relationships between history and fiction within the scope of Bissau-Guinean literature and the importance of orality marks in this writing. An approach to the concept of bantabá in the Guinean tradition was also carried out, highlighting the relevance of the genre both for letters and for the country's national identity. The method chosen for the development of the research was analytical-descriptive and bibliographic in nature, considering Memórias SOMânticas (2016) as the object of the study. To this end, the work presents, as a basis of support, Post-Colonial Theory and Criticism from Freitas (2016) and Queiroz (2011), on the issue of literature and identity; Evaristo (2016) and Chiziane (2013), on literature, memory and writing; Hall (2003/2006), in the review of postcolonial theory and criticism; Mata (2014) and Hamilton (1999), on considerations about the literature of Portuguese-speaking African Countries - PALOP, in addition to scholars of the Bissau-Guinean literary system, such as Augel (2007) and Semedo (2020/2011). As a result, it was seen that the novel presents, in different ways, intersections between history and fiction, denouncing the social and political problems faced by Guineans at various moments in their history and present. In these complaints, senses of cultural resistance and identity affirmation are asserted.