Do silêncio ao grito: a construção de identidades na travessia poética de Paula Tavares

Abstract

The aim of this doctoral thesis is to understand how the building process of identities in the poetry of the angolan Paula Tavares is. To do that, the process of hybridization and the construction of the “space in-between” in the poetry of the angolan writer were analyzed. It is observed that this poetic discourse is a mark of hybridity, which is effective as a cultural translation and an instrument for the formation of feminine and national identities. It is verified that this poetry has established itself as a privileged lócus of female enunciation. In addition, another striking aspect is constituted by the presence of African religions and the rites of the southern tradition of Angola, region of Huíla, land where the poet was born. This land is re-territorialized in the diaspora spaces of post-colonial discourse. It is, also, evident the erotic and sacred power of the woman-body, which translates into body-poem and body-nation, through the aglutination of orality and writing and the reprint of ancestral memory. It is perceived that the cycles of life are fulfilled following the rhythm of nature and that the silence of the poetry makes room for the voice of the subaltern scream. It is also emphasized that this discourse is crossed by the loving lyricism and is surrounded by the metaphor of war, representing the civil wars through which Angola passed; the war for self-knowledge; the war of love and war with words. The poetry-resistance perpetuates and erases the African tradition, gives voice to the feminine cry, sanctifies the word and life and with erotic force builds new identities. This bibliographical research is based on the hypothetical-deductive method. In summary, it is a panorama of the thematic circularity present in the poetry of Paula Tavares to reveal the construction of individual and collective identities.