Riso, ironia e dilemas identitários angolanos em "O dia em que o Pato Donald comeu pela primeira vez a Margarida" de João Melo

Abstract

This paper examines issues observed in the treatment given to identitary expressions in the storybook O dia em que Pato Donald comeu pela primeira vez a Margarida (2006), by the Angolan writer João Melo, focusing on building characters and cultural, ethnic and national identities, under the bias of the cultural influences of (post) modernity and globalization, involving Angola after independence. The irony and humor are evaluated as tools to deconstruct the stereotypes that surround the individual and collective identitary formations represented in the narratives, which undertake ongoing reflection on the social and political ills of African societies, specifically the Angolan, coupled with recurrent and relevant marks in situations of cultural transits that cross these "stories" in different directions and correlations.