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Witness narratives in context: Analysing the political prison writings of Graciliano Ramos and José Luandino Vieira

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dc.contributor.authorScaraggi, Elisa
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-12T16:06:25Z
dc.date.available2019-11-12T16:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractWhen analysing literature produced in confinement or that concerns the experience of reclusion of a writer, context plays an essential role. In fact, not only is this kind of literature generally produced as a response to the writer’s incarceration – which takes place in a specific historical, political and social context – but the very form of the text is determined by contextual factors. However, renowned literary critics have defended that a context-oriented approach to literature is obsolete and it denies readers a more intimate and immediate connection with literary texts. This argument leaves aside the problem of how we should consider texts that originate from historical experiences (diaries, memoirs, biographies and autobiographies, etc.) and, what is more, from historical experiences of political violence. In these cases, is it possible (or ethical) to overtly disregard the context? To show how crucial context is in the textual and theoretical analysis of texts related to the experience of confinement, I would like to bring here some examples taken from Memórias do cárcere and Papéis da prisão, respectively the prison memoirs by Brazilian novelist Graciliano Ramos, and the philological edition of the notebooks kept by Angolan writer José Luandino Vieira during his imprisonment under the Portuguese colonial regime. I will examine these texts as examples of witness narratives, arguing that they should be read and interpreted considering their historical and political contexts and their material conditions of production.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationScaraggi, Elisa. “Witness narratives in context: Analysing the political prison writings of Graciliano Ramos and José Luandino Vieira”, in Ladegaard, Jakob and Gaardbo Nielsen, Jakob (eds.) Context in Literary and Cultural Studies. London: UCL Press.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787356245
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78735-625-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78735-626-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/40128
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherUCL Presspt_PT
dc.relationFCT-PD/BD/113727/2015pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/125935?_pos=1&_sid=1f57f1ab9&_ss=rpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectWitness narrativespt_PT
dc.subjectVieira, José Luandinopt_PT
dc.subjectRamos, Gracilianopt_PT
dc.titleWitness narratives in context: Analysing the political prison writings of Graciliano Ramos and José Luandino Vieirapt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage54pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage37pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleContext in Literary and Cultural Studiespt_PT
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person.givenNameElisa
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