Metamorphoses of Representation:

a Creole Aphrodite/Venus

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35520/mulemba.2026.v18n34e73127

Abstract

This essay aims to reflect, considering the novel A Vênus crioula by the Cape Verdean author Vera Duarte as its central disseminating element, and drawing on the theoretical and critical support of different areas of knowledge such as Literary Theory, literary criticism, Art History, Anthropology, Sociology, Iconology, Painting Theory and Comparative Aesthetics, on the possible interfaces between literary art and, predominantly, the visual arts, opting to analyze the metamorphoses of the imago mundi of Aphrodite/Venus in the history of art and humanity, the "afterlife" of classical images up to the present day, and its representations in Cape Verdean context.

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Author Biography

Simone Caputo Gomes, Universidade de São Paulo

Professora Doutora (Pós-Doutora pelas Universidades de Coimbra, Lisboa e Aveiro) de Estudos Comparados de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa, atua na Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, com especialidade em Literatura e Cultura Cabo-verdianas e Estudos Comparados de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa. Medalha do Vulcão de Primeira Classe da Presidência da República de Cabo Verde. Membro da Academia Cabo-verdiana de Letras, da Cátedra Eugénio Tavares-UNICV, da Academia Livre de Artes Integradas do Mindelo, do PEN Clube de Cabo Verde. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa de Estudos Cabo-verdianos CNPq/ USP, Brasil. Assessora ad-hoc de várias universidades como Harvard, Sorbonne, King’s College, Minnesota, Michigan. Assessora de instituições de fomento como FAPESP, CAPES e ProciênciaUERJ. Curadora e donatária, a partir de 2017, do acervo bibliográfico do escritor Luis Romano, doado ao povo de Cabo Verde (representado por sua Biblioteca Nacional) em 2018. Obras principais: Uma recuperação de raiz: Cabo Verde na obra de Daniel Filipe; Cabo Verde: literatura em chão de cultura; Arménio Vieira Prêmio Camões 2009; Contravento, pedra-a-pedra: conferências do I Seminário Internacional de Estudos Cabo-verdianos; Literatura cabo-verdiana: seleta de poesia e prosa em língua portuguesa; Cabo Verde: 100 poemas escolhidos; Cabo Verde: prosa literária pós-independência; Comentários literoverdianos (Org.), de Luis Romano.

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Published

2026-07-24

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 34 (2026): Diálogos interartes: imagem, história, legibilidade

Section

Diálogos Interartes: imagem, história, legibilidade

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