The genesis of Cape Verde in Nascimento de um Mundo by Mário Lúcio Sousa

Abstract

This essay addresses, in a comparative way, the genesis of Cape Verde in the poetic work titled Nascimento de um Mundo authored by Mário Lúcio Sousa. This study’s primary objective is critically analyze the structure and contextual backdrop of selected poetic verses from the aforementioned literary work. To accomplish the primary objective, the particular aims include identifying themes present in various poetry texts, along with the proposition of an interpretative approach to these works based on their historical-literary significance and their connection to the topic of the genesis of Cape Verde. The study is divided into three complementary parts: biography of the author, form, and background of poetic texts, and, finally, the conclusions drawn about how the literary personas express the emergence of the Cape Verdean islands.