The paradigm shift for the reading of literary narratives and the autopoietic perspective in Mia Couto’s universe

Authors

  • Eunice T. Piazza Gai Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Nize Campos Pellanda Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v29i1.42622

Keywords:

Reading. Narratives. Autopoiese. Mia Couto. Hermeneutics.

Abstract

The text reflects on the need for change in the paradigms used in the Reading of literary texts. It advocates that literature carries a specific knowledge that is associated with the construction of meaning to humans. The text presentes an autopoietic reading of Mia Couto’s universe in accordance with the broader proposition of the text that draws on the theories of complexity and hermeneutics as reading assumptions.

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Author Biography

  • Eunice T. Piazza Gai, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

    Professora do Departamento e do PPGL-Mestrado- UNISC

Published

2017-06-13

Issue

Section

Seção Temática

How to Cite

PIAZZA GAI, E. T.; PELLANDA, N. C. The paradigm shift for the reading of literary narratives and the autopoietic perspective in Mia Couto’s universe. Signótica, v. 29, n. 1, p. 145–161, 13 Jun.2017.