AESTHETICS AND DIALOGISM: THE ROLE OF LITERATURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZENSHIP

Authors

  • Ana Cristina Ferreira-Pinto Bailey Washington & Lee Universiti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v12n3.p279-289

Keywords:

Dialogism. Eliane Potiguara. Gloria Anzaldúa.

Abstract

This essay examines the dialogical character of literature, and its role in the reader’s development and citizenship, as well as its role as a catalyst of social and political change. The objects of analysis of this essay are the Mexican-American writer, and the Brazilian writer Eliane Potiguara; two authors who bring together aesthetics and political activism in their literature.

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Published

2012-11-06

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2012)

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