S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Those who like or want to learn about literature produced in the Arab countries do not need to view foreign sites. Since October 2011, French and Maghrebi literature professor Cl\u00e1udia Baldu\u00edno Ferreira, of the University of Bras\u00edlia (UNB), has been running blog Literatura magrebina franc\u00f3fona<\/i> (Francophone Maghrebi literature) with news about books released in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. There, she also publishes critique and reviews on works written by authors like the Moroccan Tahar Benjelloum.<\/p>\n
The idea of creating a blog arose together with a research group on the theme that she coordinates at the UNB. \u201cI felt that there was lack of information on French literature in these countries. I then established the Maghrebi Literary Study Group and then came the blog. It is, in truth, a window into the works of the research group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Now that the blog has been established, the researcher plans to broaden its reach. \u201cThe blog has already been viewed over 5,000 times since it was established, showing that there is interest in the theme, despite its focussing on a restricted topic. We are viewed by people in other countries. I would like to make it into a greater site in future, with a data bank that may be used by the viewers and also to establish partnerships with other institutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Through the blog, readers may learn more about the characteristics of literature produced in the Maghreb. Ferreira mentions, for example, Algerian authors. The works are still influenced by the 132 years in which Algeria was colonized by the French and also cover the interference of religion on the life of people and on family constitution.<\/p>\n
In the work of Tahar Benjelloum, in turn, who lives in Paris and Tangiers, questions about the female universe are very common. \u201cPeople are avid for reading, for learning more about that literature. Therefore, the sense of the blog is to release ideas for research about human relations, about the particularities of the region,\u201d says Ferreira, who published a book in French on Moroccan poetry, in 2011, entitled \u201cCalligraphie de la douleur: l’art et le sacr\u00e9 dans la po\u00e9sie arabe sur le martyr.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other projects<\/b><\/p>\n
The professor manages the blog and leads the UNB study group. It was with this group that Ferreira organized a seminar in July about the 50 years of independence of Algeria, in partnership with the embassy of the Arab country in Bras\u00edlia. Politics and literature were some of the themes covered at the occasion. The projects should not stop there. \u201cWe want to promote similar events to the one organized with Algeria about the other countries in the region,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n
Service<\/b><\/p>\n
Address of the blog: http:\/\/literaturamagrebinafrancofona.blogspot.com.br\/<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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