O mulato de Portagem: análise literária

Abstract

Through a literary analysis of the novel Portagem, by Orlando Marques, the author seeks to show aspects of the racial and social impasses which became decisive elements for the appearance of a national Mozambican literature. The empirical base is set up taking as a starting point the differences attributed to mulatto, white, and black people. These differences are presented in the book and summarized in the main character, as well as other extra-literary factors. The author considers the s