DESENVOLVIMENTO E RIVALIDADES: ESBOÇO DA REPRESENTAÇÃO LITERÁRIA DO ESPAÇO URBANO BENGUELENSE NOS ROMANCES YAKA E JAIME BUNDA E A MORTE DO AMERICANO, DE PEPETELA

Abstract

THE MAIN SETTING IN PEPETELA’S NOVELS YAKA AND JAIME BUNDA AND THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN IS THE CITY OF BENGUELA. IN BOTH TEXTS WE LEARN ABOUT THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, FROM THE LATE 19TH UP TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY, AS WELL AS ABOUT ITS (RATHER HARSH) RELATIONSHIP WITH LUANDA. THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BENGUELA QUITE OFTEN SEEM TO EXPRESS A KIND OF RESENTFUL RIVALRY WHENEVER REFERRING TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF LUANDA.