A reescrita e a aventura do império em Orlando da Costa e Reis Ventura

This article brings together a rereading of O Signo da Ira (1961) and FazendaAbandonada (1962) to discuss the distinct imaginations of the empire and itsprojection in literature within the scope of Portuguese colonialism. In thiscontemporary rereading is highlighted the use of memory and history as a sharedstrategy of Orlando da Costa and Reis Ventura to write about colonial experience.In these novels the authors seek to “rewrite” the fate of the empire, projectingtheir utopias and ideologies onto the then unknown future of colonialism. Thisjoint reading explores the “intersection” and the “dialogue” between the worksfrom their characters and its “marginal” places in the territories of Goa andAngola. With the study of culture and ideology in the Imperial Public Sphere, thisarticle also wants to contribute to the discussion of the literary imagination of thetwenty-first century in the Portuguese language, which refer to the “rewriting” ofthe colonial past.