Banca de DEFESA: RAQUEL D ELBOUX COUTO NUNES

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : RAQUEL D ELBOUX COUTO NUNES
DATE: 26/07/2023
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: Auditório Heliônia Ceres e Google Meet
TITLE:

 CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO AND CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE: DECOLONIAL AND ECOFEMINIST REFLECTIONS IN

BECOS DA MEMÓRIA AND PURPLE HIBISCUS

 

KEY WORDS:

Coloniality. Decoloniality. Ecofeminism. Conceição Evaristo. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

PAGES: 222
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

The purpose of this doctoral dissertation is to compare Two contemporary novels – Becos da Memória by Conceição Evaristo and Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in 2006 and in 2003, respectively. The study is based on theories of coloniality/decoloniality and of feminist eccritics. I use Gloria Anzaldúa’s metaphor “colonial wound” (1987), to address the legitimized and naturalized oppression against women of African descent, via coloniality of gender. I also address coloniality of race, generated by coloniality of power, the matrix which implemented a system of domination of peoples, based on the assumption that there are hegemonic cultures – an assumption that started with colonialism and that spread in the western world.  This dissertation is divided into four chapters. The first one presents an introduction, with initial considerations on the novels in association with the theoretical foundations. The second chapter contains analyses of the novels, from the perspective of coloniality/decoloniality, considering the coloniality of power, i.e., colonial relations of power. I focus on the categories race and gender, based on Cláudia de Lima Costa (2010, 2012, 204), Luciana Deplagne (2020), Gloria Anzaldúa (1987, 2000, 2015) and Maria Lugones (2014, 2020), among other theories. For methodological purposes, I divide this chapter into three parts: power and race as “colonial wounds”; gender as “colonial wound”; and decoloniality as healing of such wounds. The third chapter discusses questions related to ecofeminism, presenting my literary analyses of the novels Purple Hibiscus and Becos da Memória from such perspective. These discussions are founded on Staicy Alaimo’s transcorporality (2000, 2010, 2017), and on feminist ecocriticism by Izabel Brandão (1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020) and by Greta Gaard (1998, 2011, 2017a, 2017b), among other authors. This chapter is divided into three parts: flowers and trees; water; and wind, whose images in connection with the characters are analyzed via Bachelard’s phenomenology. The fourth chapter compares the novels from the perspective of diaspora, considering the cultural references in the narratives. In Becos da Memória, the process of desfavelamento is compared to the diasporic movement, as families are forced to leave their homes. In Purple Hibiscus, there is also reference to migrations due to colonialism. This dissertation, hence, contributes to the literary criticism of two contemporary female writers of African descent. Although they live in different places, their narratives have common aspects. Literature then helps us revise concepts, relativize, think critically and reject definite conclusions. Therefore, this study has cultural and literary relevance.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 348.668.256-34 - IZABEL DE FATIMA DE OLIVEIRA BRANDAO - UFAL
Interno(a) - 1121063 - ILDNEY DE FATIMA SOUZA CAVALCANTI
Interno(a) - 3060318 - KALL LYWS BARROSO SALES
Externo(a) à Instituição - EDILANE FERREIRA DA SILVA
Externo(a) à Instituição - LUCIANA ELEONORA DE FREITAS CALADO DEPLAGNE - UFPB