Perseguindo rastros de história: Franz Fanon e o avesso da pele

Abstract

This article proposes an investigation into the literary representation of racismo and racial violence in Jeferson Tenório's novel The Dark Side of Skin, in dialogue with Frantz Fanon's decolonial thought, to uncover how this novel implements the proposition of an anti-racist literature as an aesthetic and historical practice. The novels of this intellectual and writer contrast the limitations imposed by racism with the power of their characters, whose trajectories are often fueled by an awareness of rights and dignity. The fiction of The Dark Side of Skin combines the individual with the collective dimension of Black characters who pursue autonomy primarily through the dimension of knowledge, manifested through a style that is simultaneously lyrical and realistic, focused on the characters' inner transformations.