POR UM CONCEITO DE LITERATURA AFRO-BRASILEIRA.

The present article discusses the concepts of black literature and Afro-Brazilian literature from the existing debates in Brazilian history and literary criticism, taking as a reference the production of Afro-descendent authors from the 19th and 20th centuries. Also, it tries to estabilish a group of elements that, once reunited, may present references of distinction that provide the especificity of the Afro-Brazilian literature in contrast with Brazilian mainstream literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]