Lawrence Ngoveni, Student no 0204864A, MA thesis, Literature & Language Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. 2006. ngovenil@yahoo.com. / This research report examines Mia Couto’s novel Under the Frangipani as an
intervention into the problematic of memory in post-war Mozambique. It attempts to
locate Couto’s narratives among contemporary writing in Africa. It argues that Couto’s
narratives combine allegory and magic realism in their endeavor to highlight the
complexity of the Mozambican past and the need to include a diversity of voices from
different sources. It focuses primarily on the novel’s inclusive narrative approach which
manifests through the coexistence of putative worlds. In doing so, I explore the tension
between the ontological assumptions of officialdom and those of the weak.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/2270 |
| Date | 15 March 2007 |
| Creators | Ngoveni, Lawrence |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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