Cette thèse a pour ambition d’interroger les positions inévitablement instables que ne cesse de briguer l’écrivain Germano Almeida au sein de la société capverdienne. Partant du principe que l’énonciation littéraire est constitutivement tenue de réfléchir dans l’univers fictionnel qu’elle construit les conditions de sa propre existence, cette étude vise d’abord à montrer comment Germano Almeida met en place des scénographies qui lui permettent de négocier l’inscription de ses œuvres tant dans le champ du pouvoir que dans le champ littéraire du Cap-Vert. Dans la première partie, l’analyse porte sur les rapports spécifiques qu’entretiennent littérature et politique dans un espace d’abord colonial puis post-colonial, l’introduction de l’humour et de l’ironie dans la littérature « savante », la tension entre une oralité revendiquée et une écriture effective qui prend une dimension particulière dans un espace linguistique diglossique et finalement les écarts entre la réception planifiée et la réception effective de son œuvre. La deuxième partie met en évidence la volonté chez Germano Almeida de participer à la configuration de l’espace social capverdien. Si les premières fictions almeidiennes ont systématiquement déconstruit les représentations traditionnellement rurales et intégrées de la société créole, les plus récentes dessinent en définitive les contours d’une société plutôt urbaine qui ne cesse de faire face à la contingence. La troisième partie fait justement ressortir une volonté constante d’inscrire les diverses expériences créoles dans un continuum temporel qui permette non seulement de donner sens au passé mais également d’avoir une meilleure maîtrise de l’avenir et d’échapper ainsi au danger de la répétition carnavalesque de l’histoire. L’étude de ces configurations spatio-temporelles met finalement en évidence le fait que leur énonciateur se conçoit non seulement comme un élément à part entière de la société capverdienne mais également son observateur distancié et donc averti. / This thesis intends to examine the inevitably precarious stances that the writer Germano Almeida constantly seeks out within Cape Verdean society. Starting from the premise that by definition literary expression constitutes a reflection on its own existence within the fictional universe it creates, this study intends, first, to illustrate how Germano Almeida, through his scenography, manages to position his work both within the power structure and on the literary scene of Cape Verde. The first part of the analysis focuses on the special relationship between literature and politics in both colonial and post-colonial society, the inclusion of humor and irony in scholarly literature, the conflict that arises between a well-established oral tradition and actual writing with the latter playing a singular role within a highly differentiated bilingual society. Lastly, the gap between the expected and the real reactions to Almeida’s work is examined. The second part of the analysis illustrates Germano Almeida’s desire to participate actively in shaping Cape Verdean society. If Almeida’s first fictions systematically deconstruct traditional representations of a rural and cohesive Creole society, more recent works definitely depict the traits of a primarily urban society that is forced to constantly deal with contingencies. The third part of this study highlights Almeida’s constant desire to place the diversity of Creole experiences on a time continuum that not only gives meaning to the past but also provides greater command of the future and the possibility to thus avoid the danger of grotesquely repeating history. In the end, the study of these time-space configurations makes it obvious that their author sees himself not only as a full member of Cape Verdean society but also as an objective, and therefore, informed observer.

o diáloqo entre a literatura brasileira e a caboverdiana não se esgota nas décadas de 30 e 40. Este pode ser observado até a atualidade e com extensão para outras regiões brasileiras, além do Nordeste. A partir desta reflexão, este estudo tem como objetivo investigar, dentro do macrossistema literário de língua portuguesa e no âmbito das relações literárias contemporâneas entre Brasil e Cabo Verde, como se dá o diálogo entre as obras Os dois irmãos, de Germano Almeida, e Dois irmãos, de Milton Hatoum. lnvestiqará também como o espaço impacta o comportamento das personagens que, não raro, são movidas pelo contexto em que estão inseridas. Essas obras podem ser aproximadas, numa abordagem comparativa, por alguns fatores como a hibridez cultural, em virtude principalmente da emigração, a presença do mito da rivalidade entre irmãos, o drama familiar causado pelo adultério seguido da reparação sob o signo da vingança, a casa que se desfaz associada à ruína das personagens, a coerção imposta pelos valores da sociedade. / The dialogue between Brazilian and Cape Verdean literatures does not end up in the 1930s and 1940s. It can be observed until nowadays and with extension to other Brazilian regions beyond north-east. Based on this reflection, this study aims at investigating, inside the literary macro system of Portuguese language, and in the scope of contemporary literary relations between Brazil and Cape Verde, how the dialogue between Os dois irmãos, by Germano Almeida and Dois irmãos, by Milton Hatoum carries out. It will also investigate how the space affects the behavior of characters that, not rarely, are moved by the context which they are inserted in. These two works can be closed up in a comparative approach by some factors as cultural hybridization, mainly due to emigration, the presence of rivalry myth between brothers, the familiar drama caused by adultery followed by reparation under the flag of revenge, the house that ruins associated to the downfall of characters, the coercion imposed by society values.

o diáloqo entre a literatura brasileira e a caboverdiana não se esgota nas décadas de 30 e 40. Este pode ser observado até a atualidade e com extensão para outras regiões brasileiras, além do Nordeste. A partir desta reflexão, este estudo tem como objetivo investigar, dentro do macrossistema literário de língua portuguesa e no âmbito das relações literárias contemporâneas entre Brasil e Cabo Verde, como se dá o diálogo entre as obras Os dois irmãos, de Germano Almeida, e Dois irmãos, de Milton Hatoum. lnvestiqará também como o espaço impacta o comportamento das personagens que, não raro, são movidas pelo contexto em que estão inseridas. Essas obras podem ser aproximadas, numa abordagem comparativa, por alguns fatores como a hibridez cultural, em virtude principalmente da emigração, a presença do mito da rivalidade entre irmãos, o drama familiar causado pelo adultério seguido da reparação sob o signo da vingança, a casa que se desfaz associada à ruína das personagens, a coerção imposta pelos valores da sociedade. / The dialogue between Brazilian and Cape Verdean literatures does not end up in the 1930s and 1940s. It can be observed until nowadays and with extension to other Brazilian regions beyond north-east. Based on this reflection, this study aims at investigating, inside the literary macro system of Portuguese language, and in the scope of contemporary literary relations between Brazil and Cape Verde, how the dialogue between Os dois irmãos, by Germano Almeida and Dois irmãos, by Milton Hatoum carries out. It will also investigate how the space affects the behavior of characters that, not rarely, are moved by the context which they are inserted in. These two works can be closed up in a comparative approach by some factors as cultural hybridization, mainly due to emigration, the presence of rivalry myth between brothers, the familiar drama caused by adultery followed by reparation under the flag of revenge, the house that ruins associated to the downfall of characters, the coercion imposed by society values.