Toni Morrison e a construção de Paraíso: questões de crítica literária e de tradução

Abstract

In this thesis we have aimed to prove the extension to which issues developed by Toni Morrison in the novel Paradise (1998), translated into Portuguese with the title of Paraíso (1998), approach the ones which are discussed in the field of literary, cultural and translation contemporary thought. Therefore, we have carried out discussions about translation, allegory and history, and intertwined them to Walter Benjamin’s thought. We have also dealt with considerations on hospitality, the foreigner and fanaticism, and confronted them with reflections developed by Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva and Amós Oz, respectively. Finally, we have focused on the notion of archive in the context of the present novel and articulated it with Derrida’s perceptions on the subject.