Homens e cães em ‘Jordão’ e ‘Nós matámos o Cão-Tinhoso
Ana Ribeiro, “Homens e cães em ‘Jordão’ e ‘Nós matámos o Cão-Tinhoso,’” Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades 23, no. 1–2 (2019): 407–24.
Ana Ribeiro, “Homens e cães em ‘Jordão’ e ‘Nós matámos o Cão-Tinhoso,’” Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades 23, no. 1–2 (2019): 407–24.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ana Ribeiro |
Rights | © 2019 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 1-2 |
Pages | 407-424 |
Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades |
ISSN | 0874-0321 |
Date | 2019 |
Language | Portuguese |
Abstract | This study focus on “Jordão” (1951), a short story by the Portuguese writer João de Araújo Correia, and “Nós matámos o Cão-Tinhoso”, written by the Mozambican writer Luís Bernardo Honwana. It starts with a brief survey about the presence of dogs in literature, stressing an evolution from a symbolic perspective to a more realistic one, influenced by new ways of conceiving animals, including human animals. The two narratives are compared in order to stress the similarities they share, namely a lonely and excluded human protagonist and a friendly dog protagonist victimized by a discretionary power that is only strong with the weak. |
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