A DESCONSTRUÇÃO DE FRONTEIRAS EM O OUTRO PÉ DA SEREIA, DE MIA COUTO

Abstract

This work of dissertation presents the deconstruction of borders in O outro pé da sereia (2006), of Mia Couto. The language denotes words that rename names and the own history of characters who live the tradition and/or revisit their roots in Mozambican land. The multiple meanings of the words allow us to affirm that life and death, space and time, and the symbols of nature such as water, fire, earth and air represent the breaking of boundaries. Protagonists seem to be alive and dead, the locus formerly and Vila Longe is the starting and finishing point of the journey which consists in the revelation of the interiority of man. The discourse reflects the zigzag constructed in the fragmented literary narrative between past (1560) and present (2002). The space-time dimension shows the imaginary that emerges in the culture, religiosity and history of Mozambique. The journey to liberation itself contains multiple travelers from various parts of the world. Thus, the memories resize the process of border movement.