Black poetry in afro-brazilian literature: attempts at definition and some possibilities for investigation
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2009v17p78Keywords:
Afro-Brazilian literature, Black poetry, Diáspora, ExperienceAbstract
This paper aims at the discussion of the main characteristics of Afro-Brazilian literary production, with focus on the theoretical propositions by Damasceno (1988) e Bernd (1988). Diverging slightly from those authors, we propose the idea that black literature is produced by black authors, with a worldview and the specific historic experience of subjects who acknowledge/affirm themselves as blacks. Thus, the aesthetic effectiveness of black literature is directly related to the forms of perceiving the world and the values of the black experience.References
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