Nos últimos anos temos assistido ao reavivar do realismo, no entanto,
este tem sido hifenizado com tantos outros termos que assumiu um
significado ambíguo. Tentarei, ao longo deste trabalho, classificar o
termo realismo e mostrar as suas técnicas adaptadas à autobiografia.
Nas obras autobiográficas de Sindiwe Magona To My Children’s Children
e Forced to Grow obtemos um relato verídico do que foi, para uma
mulher negra, crescer e viver na África do Sul. Estes trabalhos
autobiográficos irão ser analisados à luz da perspectiva realista tendo em
conta as características próprias da autobiografia.
ABSTRACT: In the last few years Realism has been revived assuming almost an
‘elastic’ meaning and has been hyphenated with many words. I intend to
clarify the meaning of Realism and how its techniques will appear in
autobiographies. In the autobiographical works by Sindiwe Magona To
My Children’s Children and Forced to Grow we will get a faithful account
of what it was for a black woman to grow up and live in South Africa.
These autobiographical works will be analysed through a Realist
perspective albeit with attention to the characteristics of autobiographical
writing as well
