Mabata-Bata in Motion : The Transformation of Mia Couto's Narrative in Sol de Carvalho's Film

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F24%3A00140552" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/24:00140552 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/2/46" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/2/46</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h13020046" target="_blank" >10.3390/h13020046</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mabata-Bata in Motion : The Transformation of Mia Couto's Narrative in Sol de Carvalho's Film

Original language description

This paper analyzes Mia Couto's short story "O dia em que explodiu Mabata-bata" [The day Mabata-bata exploded] and its adaptation by Sol de Carvalho's film Mabata Bata. Through an analysis of both versions, this study aims to understand how Couto's narrative was recreated and transfigured in the film adaptation. The film adaptation of the story employs a blend of images and additional text to extend the verbal dimensions of the original story, thus creating a new experience. It establishes affinities with the original story and introduces new elements that add to the narrative's depth and complexity. The adaptation of the story in the film provides an opportunity to examine the decolonial perspective of the nation's history, portraying the symbolic metamorphosis during the civil war (1977-1992). By analyzing both the short story and the film, this study highlights the pivotal role of literature and cinema in fostering a Mozambique "de-linking" identity through language, religion and traditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60206 - Specific literatures

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

HUMANITIES-BASEL

ISSN

2076-0787

e-ISSN

2076-0787

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

001210255500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85191686862