ANA EM VENEZA: THE DOUBT AND THE EXILE AS MOTIVE FORCE OF ART

This work aims to approach the novel Ana em Veneza (1994), of João Silvério Trevisan, considering discussions around culture / national identity and exile that occur from the character Alberto Nepomuceno. Thereby it is discussed the impressions of a character who is faced with identity dilemmas, between a dominant western culture – european - and his roots whose character is multicultural and multifaceted, as well as when approaching the issue of exile in the work, this dilemma becomes even more evident. Therefore, as a theoretical basis, will be used studies about historical extraction narratives, in view of the historical rescue and biographical present in the work.

SPACE CONFIGURATION IN THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE OF MIA COUTO

The main objective of this research is to analyze the the spatial configuration in the children's literature of Mia Couto. It is intended to show that the space outlined in these books reveals many aspects of the social and human reality of Mozambique. Therefore, the books O gato e o escuro (“The cat and the dark”) and O beijo da palavrinha (“The kiss of the little word”) will be analyzed from the perspective of the space’s studies – a research method that survey the spatial configuration in the literature. The fictional space created by Mia Couto delineates a cultural landscape and reveals the human and ethical values that we need to teatch to children. As the author's work is marked by a keen aesthetic sense, the space of the world soon becomes the space of the language.