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Accepted Paper:
The representation of the Indian Ocean in Mozambican Poetry
Giulia Spinuzza
(CEsA/CSG, ISEG, University of Lisbon)
Paper short abstract:
We will analyse the representation of the Indian Ocean in Mozambican poetry, mentioning a literary tradition that dates back to colonial period. In particular, we will analyse the relation between memory, identity and the Indian Ocean in Eduardo White's poetry.
Paper long abstract:
The aim of this proposal is to analyse the representation of the Indian Ocean in Mozambican poetry mentioning a literary tradition that dates back to colonial period. In particular, we will analyse the relation between memory, identity and the Indian Ocean in the poetry of Eduardo White, who published his first book Amar sobre o Índico in 1984.
Francisco Noa (2012), among other critics, has emphasized the importance of themes related to the Island of Mozambique and the Indian Ocean, which define part of the Mozambican cultural and identity space and contribute to the study of transnational vectors in the writing of some Mozambican poets. We will combine Literary and Cultural Studies with Indian Ocean Studies to demonstrate that Mozambican poetry reframes Indian Ocean imaginaries and reflects a process of transnational cultural interweaving.
This research is developed within the framework of Narrative of the Indian Ocean in the Lusophone Space (NILUS) Project funded by FCT (PTDC/CPC-ELT/4868/2014).