de Oliveira, Monica Ester Monteiro Batista2024-08-102024-08-102023-05de Oliveira, Monica Ester Monteiro Batista. (2023). Vera Duarte and Paulina Chiziane: The Notion of Womanhood and Post-Colonialism. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40051https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40051A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Portuguese), to the Wits School of Literature, Language and Media, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023.This dissertation intends to present a comparison of the notion of womanhood in the post-colonial context presented by Paulina Chiziane’s novels, namely Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia (2012) and Ventos do Apocalipse (2003) and Vera Duarte’s novels (poetry anthologies) De Risos e Lágrimas (2018) and A Reinvenção do Mar (2018). This research will be done by conducting a comparative study on the works of the African writers Vera Duarte and Paulina Chiziane, using thematic and narrative analysis. This dissertation will contribute to and complement existing research related to both authors and both countries. However, this study is novel in that it compares the works of two female Lusophone writers, from two different Lusophone countries and compares two different styles of literature, poetry and novel.RESUMO Esta dissertação pretende apresentar uma comparação entre a noção de feminilidade no contexto pós-colonial apresentada pelos romances de Paulina Chiziane, nomeadamente Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia (2012) e Ventos do Apocalipse (2003) e as antologias poéticas de Vera Duarte De Risos e Lágrimas (2018) e A Reinvenção do Mar (2018). Esta investigação será um estudo comparativo entre as obras das escritoras africanas Vera Duarte e Paulina Chiziane, através de uma análise temática e narrativa. Esta dissertação contribuirá e complementará os estudos existentes relacionada com ambas autoras e países. No entanto, este estudo é inovador, na medida que compara as obras de duas escritoras lusófonas, de dois países lusófonos diferentes e compara dois estilos de literatura diferentes , a poesia e a narrativa. Palavras-chave: Moçambique; Cabo Verde; Literatura Pós-colonial; Literatura Lusófona Feminina; Feminilidade; Paulina Chiziane; Vera Duarte.en©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.MozambiqueCape VerdePost-colonial literatureFemale Lusophone LiteratureWomanhoodPaulina ChizianeVera Duarte.UCTDSDG-5: Gender equalityDissertationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg