A FICÇÃO HISTÓRICA NA LITERATURA AFRO-LATINA: DECOLONIALIDADE, MEMÓRIA E IDENTIDADE EM PERRO VIEJO, DE TERESA CÁRDENAS

Abstract

This article analyzes the novel Perro Viejo (2005), by Cuban writer Teresa Cárdenas, through the lens of historical fiction theory and decolonial studies. From a critical perspective on Afro-Latin American literature written by women, the paper highlights how Cárdenas’s narrative reclaims silenced memories of slavery through fiction. The research is structured around three main axes: a theoretical review of historical fiction with an emphasis on its educational potential; the role of Black women’s writing as a tool for denunciation and identity affirmation; and an analysis of Perro Viejo, emphasizing its decolonial discourse and the historical and cultural themes that emerge from the protagonist’s experience. Thus, historical fiction is understood as a powerful tool for resistance, memory, and the reconstruction of Afro-descendant identities in Latin America.