The identity of identity and difference: modernism and African literature

Authors

  • Nicholas Brown University of Illinois at Chicago.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i23.84814

Keywords:

Angolan novel, American late modernism, dialetics, historical experience, comparative literature

Abstract

The hegelian theorem of the "identity of identity and diference" suggests the juxtaposition of two  differents authors: an american late modernist (Willian Gaddis, 1985) and an angolan writer (Pepetela, 1992). Both the novels pose a implicit question, historical and formal, about the literary representation of the political contemporary experience degrades under the capital.

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Published

2013-06-29

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2013): Literatura e marxismo

Section

Dossiê 23: Literatura e Marxismo

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BROWN, Nicholas. The identity of identity and difference: modernism and African literature. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 14, n. 1, p. 64–74, 2013. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i23.84814. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/84814. Acesso em: 6 oct. 2026.