Literatura e experiência histórica em De rios velhos e guerrilheiros: o livro dos guerrilheiros, de José Luandino Vieira

Abstract

The appreciation of the past is one of the most emphasized themes in the history of Angolan literature (CHAVES, 2004), but many writers sought to be back to the past was the culture that permeated the country before the colonial imposition. However, simultaneously, what we see is that the return of that earlier time is with different intentions, among them rethink the "new world", the post-colonial world; it was envisioned by the authors, especially the generation of the 40s. Luandino Vieira being included in this contemporary movement to problematize the past, this work aims, emphasizing comparatist’s studies, more specifically in the intersection of literature and history (RICOEUR, 2010) examines how Vieira through the narrative voice of the ex-guerrilla Kene Vua, rethink and recreate historical events of the past wars of Angola. For this, we have how a privileged corpus the novel De Rios Velhos e Guerrilheiros II: o livro dos guerrilheiros in which the aforementioned narrator realizes, through fragmented memories, a reassessment of colonialism, rethinking Angola’s past and present. During this novel, Luandino exposes the fine line between literature and history, as it uses paratexts (authorial notes, “prologues” and epilogue) which arises in the novel as stating all the "stories" narrated there were truths told him by Kene Vua.