The between worlds of dreams and oppression in the novel ‘Marginais’, by Evel Rocha

Abstract

The present study is a decolonial reading of the novel Marginais, by Evel Rocha (2010), a representative work of contemporary Cape Verdean Literature. Objectively, based on the theoretical assumptions of authors such as Santos(2003), Nóbrega; Pinheiro-Carvalho (2022), Maldonado-Torres (2020), Rui (1985) among others, we seek toinvestigate the relationships that emerge between articulate domination and fragmented resistance in that novel fromthe memories of the main character, Sergio do Rosário . Starting from the reading of the novel, we seek to highlightthe intertwined historical-social context resulting from post-colonialism in Cape Verde and the consequent social andinstitutional relationships that are established when the new Cape Verdean social structures are reorganized andconsolidated. In this sense, we analyzed the set of characters and their spaces with the main setting of Ilha do Sal, aplace and space where the memories lived by Sérgio do Rosário and his childhood and youth friends known as the Pitboys of Ribeira Funda are narrated. Methodologically, this work, in addition to a literature review of the reference ondecolonial theory, is a literary analysis that seeks to discuss the theme of dream and oppression in the light of decolonial studies. It is also characterized by a bibliographic clipping, whose descriptive and explanatory objectives seek tosituate, describe and exemplify the various nuances that emerge from the relationship between Sérgio do Rosário'sdreams and the reality of abandonment of the invisible people of Sal Island, perpetrated by power. public and itsinstitutional spheres, of which we give special focus to the school.