Entre mitos, reinados e quedas: leituras de O alegre canto da perdiz, de Paulina Chiziane

Abstract

The present work aims to build paths of analysis about the work O Alegre Canto da Perdiz, by the Mozambican writer Paulina Chiziane. The points investigated begin with the author's position as a storyteller and are followed by the analysis of the female characters, their specificities and the female space that permeates the entire novel. All questions are aimed at understanding the position of the work and its relationship with post-colonial criticism, reflecting on the representation of the Mozambican space, the resumption of matriarchal mythologies and the peculiarities arising from the colonial process and subsequent independence.