(In) The eyes of the serpent: perceptions and representations of the mexican in graham greene
This paper aims to present an analysis considering the works “The Lawless Roads” (1939) and “The Power and the Glory” (1940) by Graham Greene from the perspective of perceptions and representations of the Mexican people constructed by the author. In order to do so, the paper is grounded on theories...
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oai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article-143992019-06-05T23:37:46Z (In) The eyes of the serpent: perceptions and representations of the mexican in graham greene França, Hális Alves do Nascimento Assis, Luis Alfredo Fernandes de Perceptions representations travel narratives Graham Greene Perceptions and representations of the Mexican in Graham Greene This paper aims to present an analysis considering the works “The Lawless Roads” (1939) and “The Power and the Glory” (1940) by Graham Greene from the perspective of perceptions and representations of the Mexican people constructed by the author. In order to do so, the paper is grounded on theories of post-colonial literary criticism and travel literature, specially regarding topics on identity, otherness and hybridism, in order to make a brief observation on the perception and representation of the Mexican by Greene, particularly regarding the role of the eyes of the Mexicans, with the purpose of outlining his personal point of view that is universalizing towards the native and of framing how he characterizes the Mexicans from a Eurocentric and colonial perspective. This research adopts qualitative, interpretative and documental methods in the proposed analysis and points towards the prevalence of perceptions and representations of the Mexicans that set forth a hostile gaze over the Mexican natives. Portal de Periódicos Eletrônicos da UFRN 2018-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artigo avaliado pelos Pares application/pdf https://periodicos.ufrn.br/gelne/article/view/14399 Revista do GELNE; v. 20 n. 1 (2018); 42-56 2236-0883 10.21680/1517-7874.2018v20n1 eng https://periodicos.ufrn.br/gelne/article/view/14399/9494 Copyright (c) 2018 Revista do GELNE |
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This paper aims to present an analysis considering the works “The Lawless Roads” (1939) and “The Power and the Glory” (1940) by Graham Greene from the perspective of perceptions and representations of the Mexican people constructed by the author. In order to do so, the paper is grounded on theories of post-colonial literary criticism and travel literature, specially regarding topics on identity, otherness and hybridism, in order to make a brief observation on the perception and representation of the Mexican by Greene, particularly regarding the role of the eyes of the Mexicans, with the purpose of outlining his personal point of view that is universalizing towards the native and of framing how he characterizes the Mexicans from a Eurocentric and colonial perspective. This research adopts qualitative, interpretative and documental methods in the proposed analysis and points towards the prevalence of perceptions and representations of the Mexicans that set forth a hostile gaze over the Mexican natives. |
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