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Title: Entre história e ficção: O fracasso do homem de exceção. Une saison au Congo (Aimé Césaire) e Lumumba (Raoul Peck)
Authors: Schurmans, Fabrice 
Keywords: Aimé Césaire (1913-2008); Cinema; Ficção; História colonial; Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961); Raoul Peck (1953-)
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Centro de Estudos Sociais
Serial title, monograph or event: Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Issue: 106
Place of publication or event: Coimbra
Abstract: Este artigo analisa o modo como a tragédia de Aimé Césaire e o filme de Raoul Peck contribuem para a produção do discurso histórico relativo ao desaparecimento de Patrice Lumumba. Na primeira parte, abordo a ligação entre ficção e história à luz do debate contemporâneo relativo à capacidade de o romance fazer e dizer a história, assim como ao que a história retira da ficção. Na segunda parte, o texto incide sobre os contextos respetivos de ambas as obras, o que permitirá afinar a análise da peça e do filme. Por fim, na terceira parte, evidenciarei a maneira como Césaire e Peck representam a figura de Lumumba e reavaliam o passado colonial belga.
This essay examines how Aimé Césaire’s tragedy Une Saison au Congo [A Season in the Congo] and Raoul Peck’s film Lumumba contribute to the production of historical discourse about the death of Patrice Lumumba. In the first part, I discuss the relationship between fiction and History in light of the current debates on the capacity of the novel to tell History, as well as on History’s contributions to fiction. In the second section, the article examines the respective historical contexts of the play and the film in order to bolster a comparative analysis of both works of fiction. Finally, the third part will highlight how Césaire and Peck represent Lumumba and critically reassess and engage with the Belgian colonial past.
Cet article analyse la façon dont la tragédie d’Aimé Césaire et le film de Raoul Peck contribuent à la production du discours historique relatif à la disparition de Patrice Lumumba. Dans la première partie, je reviendrai sur le lien entre fiction et Histoire à la lumière du débat contemporain sur la capacité du roman à faire et à dire l’Histoire ainsi que sur les emprunts de l’Histoire à la fiction. Dans sa seconde section, l’article abordera les contextes historiques respectifs des deux œuvres ce qui nous permettra ensuite d’affiner l’analyse comparée de la pièce et du film. Enfin, la troisième partie mettra en évidence la façon dont Césaire et Peck représentent la figure de Lumumba et réévaluent le passé colonial belge.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/32799
ISSN: 0254-1106
2182-7435
DOI: 10.4000/rccs.5888
Rights: openAccess
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