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A construção da moralidade no contexto literário de contos tradicionais São-Tomenses : (estudo sobre a personagem tartaruga)
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O presente trabalho teve o propósito fundamental de, por intermédio do estudo de um corpus restrito de contos tradicionais são-tomenses e uma fábula esópica, e de entrevistas e recolha de narrativas orais e depoimentos junto de personalidades da sociedade são-tomense, avaliar sob o ponto de vista da
moralidade o comportamento dos protagonistas da intriga (principalmente a personagem Tartaruga) e encontrar semelhanças e dissemelhanças formulando, a partir de uma reflexão crítica, conclusões consensuais sobre o quão a argúcia e a astúcia, muitas vezes utilizadas pelas personagens, são suscetíveis de engendrar a construção de uma sã moralidade, confrontando o fito de exemplaridade da fábula de Esopo com os desígnios correspondentes no quotidiano dos contos orais são-tomenses, sobretudo a conhecida «sóia». A conclusão obtida foi que, de um modo geral, a Tartaruga simboliza nos contos tradicionais são-tomenses a persistência e a compensação dos fracos diante da supremacia dos poderosos, tal como se revela na fábula esópica. Ainda que nem todas as vezes esta logra conseguir os seus intentos, tal como a dinâmica
inconstante da existência humana. Outro aspeto conclusivo é o papel lenitivo e catártico das sóias, típicas das noites do nozadu (velório) em São Tomé e Príncipe e, de resto, o pendor cultural e educativo dos provérbios e sentenças veiculados sobretudo em crioulo forro, e o papel modalizador da língua, forjada em decorrência da miscigenação secular e manejada de forma artística pelos griots ou contadores de histórias - e o fenómeno do despontar da variedade do português de São Tomé e Príncipe.
The fundamental purpose of this project was, through the study of a restricted corpus of traditional São Toméan tales and an Aesopian fable, and through interviews and oral narratives and testimonies from considered people of São Tomé society, to evaluate the behaviour of the protagonists of the plot (mainly the character Turtle) from the point of view of morality, and to find similarities and dissimilarities in their actions. Further formulating consensual conclusions about how the wit and cunning often used by the characters are capable of engendering the construction of a healthy morality, comparing the exemplary purpose of Aesop's fable with the corresponding designs in the daily life of São Tomé oral tales, especially the well-known "sóia". The conclusion reached was that, in general, the Tortoise symbolises in traditional São Tomé tales the persistence and compensation of the weak face to face to supremacy of the powerful, as revealed in the Aesopian fable. Although not always it succeeds in its intentions, as the fickle dynamics of human existence mean. Another conclusive aspect is the soothing and cathartic role of the sóias, typical of the nights of the nozadu (wake) in São Tomé and Príncipe and, moreover, the cultural and educational slant of the proverbs and sentences conveyed mainly in Creole forro, and the modelling role of the language, forged as a result of secular miscegenation and handled in an artistic way by the griots or storytellers - and the phenomenon of the emergence of the Portuguese variety of São Tomé and Príncipe.
The fundamental purpose of this project was, through the study of a restricted corpus of traditional São Toméan tales and an Aesopian fable, and through interviews and oral narratives and testimonies from considered people of São Tomé society, to evaluate the behaviour of the protagonists of the plot (mainly the character Turtle) from the point of view of morality, and to find similarities and dissimilarities in their actions. Further formulating consensual conclusions about how the wit and cunning often used by the characters are capable of engendering the construction of a healthy morality, comparing the exemplary purpose of Aesop's fable with the corresponding designs in the daily life of São Tomé oral tales, especially the well-known "sóia". The conclusion reached was that, in general, the Tortoise symbolises in traditional São Tomé tales the persistence and compensation of the weak face to face to supremacy of the powerful, as revealed in the Aesopian fable. Although not always it succeeds in its intentions, as the fickle dynamics of human existence mean. Another conclusive aspect is the soothing and cathartic role of the sóias, typical of the nights of the nozadu (wake) in São Tomé and Príncipe and, moreover, the cultural and educational slant of the proverbs and sentences conveyed mainly in Creole forro, and the modelling role of the language, forged as a result of secular miscegenation and handled in an artistic way by the griots or storytellers - and the phenomenon of the emergence of the Portuguese variety of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Literatura oral Soía Tartaruga Moralidade Nozadu Miscigenação São Tomé e Príncipe Oral literature Turtle Morality Miscegenation
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Santos, Albertino Manuel da Graça Will Pires dos - A construção da moralidade no contexto literário de contos tradicionais São-Tomenses [Em linha] : (estudo sobre a personagem tartaruga). [S.l.]: [s.n.], 2024. 95 p.