SUBJECTS IN TRANSIT: IDENTITY UPROOTING IN CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO AND ORLANDA AMARÍLIS
Id e n tit y; Dia s p o r a; M e m o r y; N e c r o p olitic s; C o n c eiç ã o E v a ris t o; O rla n d a A m a r ílis.
This research aims to perform a comparative analysis of the novel Ponciá Vicêncio (2017) by Conceição Evaristo and the short stories "Desencanto" and "Cais-do-Sodré", from the book Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa (1974) by the Cape Verdean author Orlanda Amarílis. It seeks to reflect on the construction of the subject within the processes of domestic displacement and diaspora, in order to understand how cultural and social conflicts and diasporic movements participate in the construction of identities, based on literary representation. Memory, historical context, and the coloniality of power are highlighted as essential elements for the discussion of the research corpus. The theoretical corpus is based on the theories developed by Stuart Hall (2003; 2006), Homi Bhabha (1992), Achille Mbembe (2018), Benjamin Abdala Junior (1999; 2006), and other authors. It was aimed, with this research, to contribute to the critical fortune concerning the literatures of Evaristo and Amarílis, which provided a reflection on the results of colonizations in Brazil and Cape Verde, and also to understand the identity process through the characters represented in the works.