Racism and identity: a critical discourse analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Critical Discourse Analysis, Racism, Identity, Immigration.

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This paper aims to analyze racist discourses and identity aspects in the novel Americanah (2013), written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The main objectives of this research are to identify the impacts immigration brought to the protagonist’s social and personal life and to determine how her identity construction was affected by stereotypes and social structure. The methodology used in this study was a bibliographical research. The work is divided into two sections: firstly, a literature review, explaining theories on Critical Discourse Analysis, identity and racism, developed by authors such as Beale (1970), Smit (1996), Fairclough (2009) and Feagin (2014); afterwards, a critical analysis of excerpts and dialogues extracted from the book.

Biografia do Autor

Maria Victória e Silva Dias, Universidade do Estado do Pará

Graduada em Letras - Língua Inglesa pela Universidade do Estado do Pará. Pós-graduanda em Literatura Inglesa na Faculdade de Educação São Luís.

Josane Daniela Freitas Pinto, Universidade do Estado do Pará

Doutoranda em Filologia e Língua Portuguesa na Universidade de São Paulo. Mestre em Letras e Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Professora Assistente da Universidade do Estado do Pará.

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2020-02-14

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DIAS, Maria Victória e Silva; PINTO, Josane Daniela Freitas. Racism and identity: a critical discourse analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. REVELL - REVISTA DE ESTUDOS LITERÁRIOS DA UEMS, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 23, p. 226–254, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/REV/article/view/3636. Acesso em: 24 abr. 2024.

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v. 3 n. 23 (2019): LITERATURAS EM LÍNGUA INGLESA HOJE: DEBATES SOBRE FORMA E HISTÓRIA

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