Cape Verdean Literature

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Maria Isabel Lemos (Universidade de Lisboa)

Ed. by Denise Saive, Independent Scholar - Europe
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.2.2: Lusophone (Portuguese) and Spanish African Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Helen Rachel Cousins (Birmingham Newman University), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Denise Saive (Independent Scholar - Europe), Maria Tavares (Queen's University Belfast)

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Date of occurrence c.1500-2025

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Cape Verde Islands (Location)

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Traditional

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and their conceptualisation have been a subject of study across various disciplines ranging from Literature to Anthropology, from Heritage to Folklore Studies. Since the Romantic and nationalist movements that characterised the initial collection of folktales across different European territories (Baycroft and Hopkin, 2012), numerous perspectives have been used in the objectification of traditional tales and storytelling. In terms of both text and context, in contemporary times the transmission of traditional repertoires has significantly diminished. Nonetheless, archetypal motifs and characters remain as fundamental elements in the creation of shared cultural meaning,

worldmaking

(Nünnig et al., 2010), artistic production, and knowledge transmission. Even though…

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Citation: Lemos, Maria Isabel. "Cape Verdean Literature". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 April 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19803, accessed 02 May 2025.]

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