AROUND THE END: LATE-COLONIAL GOA IN VIMALA DEVI’S SHORT-STORY CYCLE MONÇÃO (1963)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i36.162015

Keywords:

Goa, Goan literaure, post-colonial literature in portuguese, indian literature, short-story theory, short-story cicle

Abstract

In this article I analyse Monção (1963) by Vimala Devi as a short-story cycle, a genre that differs as much from the traditional novel as from non-itegrated collections of short narratives. It is this generic affiliation, I argue, that makes possible Devi's particular portrait of late-colonial Goa. Drawing on various theorizations of the short-story cycle genre, I scrutinize the interconnections and breaks present in Monção and conclude that the oscillation between centripetal and centrifugal forces is what enables the representation of a society united by its divisions.

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Author Biography

  • Paul Melo e Castro, University of Glasgow

    Paul Melo e Castro possui graduação em Francês e Português pela Universidade de Birmingham (2000), mestrado em Literatura Europeia pela Universidade de Cambridge (2003) e doutorado em Estudos Portugueses pela mesma Universidade (2008). Foi Leverhulme Early Career Fellow pela Universidade de Leeds (2009-2011) antes de ficar efectivo como Lecturer na mesma instituição. Atua nas áreas de literatura, cinemas e artes visuais do mundo lusófono. No momento, tem por foco dois núcleos de pesquisa: um voltado para a literatura de língua portuguesa de Goa, outro voltado para a representação fotográfica de cidades lusófonas. É autor do livro: Shades of Grey: 1960s Lisbon in Novel, Film and Photobook (2011).

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Published

2019-11-28

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2019): Conflitos e convergências - vida literária e intelectual em Goa

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Dossiê 36: Conflitos e convergências - vida literária e intelectual em Goa

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CASTRO, Paul Melo e. AROUND THE END: LATE-COLONIAL GOA IN VIMALA DEVI’S SHORT-STORY CYCLE MONÇÃO (1963). Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 20, n. 2, p. 15–41, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i36.162015. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/162015.. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2025.