Literature as a system: The case of Guinean Literature
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https://doi.org/10.48075/ri.v25i2.30094Keywords:
Guinean literature, Literary system, Tony Tcheka, Antonio CandidoAbstract
Antonio Candido, in his emblematic theory on literary formation, conditions the existence of a literary system as five factors in dynamic and dialogic interaction, divided into two groups. The two “internal denominators” are a common language and themes that express the aspirations and identity of a collectivity. The three “psychosocial denominators” consist in authors who are aware of their role, an audience for the authors' productions and a literary language that is concretized in works. In this work, it is identified that the internal denominators are the “Guinean-Portuguese language” and the themes permeate the representation of Guinean and Guineanity. Tony Tcheka is then made as an author represented in the representation of the Guinean and his identity (that is, Guineanity) through his art ethics, an engagement that gave him the title of greatest name in Guinean poetry. From the analytical language, based on Candido's postulation, it is concluded that Guinean literature is indeed a system, but it does not materialize in a language only. It began to be constructed from the advent of the liberation struggle or a little before and was consolidated with the publication of the collection Mantenhas para quem luta (1977).
Keywords: Guinean literature, Literary system, Tony Tcheka, Antonio Candido.
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