Geography-geographies: literature (fortunately) dedicates to what historiography seems to disregard

Abstract

The 1935 release of the recently re-edited historical narrative named Noite de reis makes way to a reconsideration concerning the so-called literary geography of Rio Grande do Sul. The text by Manoel Estevão Fernandes Bastos, practically unknown in literary circles of Rio Grande do Sul even today, introduced two innovations in the literary ambit of the state: the geographic region of Serra Geral and Serrra do Mar, which was historically important in colonization and occupation of Rio Grande do Sul’s territories, and the human character who lived there and who was a mixture of Vincentian descendants and people from the city of Laguna with northeastern Brazilians and German colonizers. Moreover, the text is also an interesting example of a narrative that is both epical and tragic, merging historical facts and fiction, therefore suggesting paths that had not been explored the literature produced in Rio Grande do Sul.