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Language as a space of value in Americanah, by Chimamanda Adichie

Authors

  • Charles Albuquerque Ponte UERN - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras. Pau dos Ferros – RN – Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-6928
  • Larissa Lacerda de Sousa UERN - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras. Pau dos Ferros – RN – Brasil

Keywords:

Americanah, Language, Power, Positioning

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between language and power in the novel Americanah (2013), by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie, especially in its constitution as individual valuing in African space. Therefore, our work is limited to analyze the passages of the work that are set in Nigeria, analyzing how the language is itself a space of conflict, oppression, and resistance, which reveals tensions, asymmetric socio-cultural relations among the characters. From this, we will discuss how the language in the work can be characterized as a third space, which enables the negotiation of differences and the mediation of these conflicts.

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Published

28/10/2021

Issue

No. 52 (2021)

Section

Postcolonial literatures and the shapes of the contemporary

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