Figures institutionalized by the Brazilian canon: black man as the person of the national Literature

Authors

  • Maristela Kirst de Lima Girola PUCRS
  • Adriana Elisabete Bayer PUCRS

Keywords:

Literatura Brasileira, Cânone Literário, Personagens, Negritude

Abstract

This essay aims to analyze how blackness is represented in the Brazilian Literary Canon. During the naturalism, some stereotypes were formed. This work intends to discuss the characters that show a prejudiced image of black people and the characters that break the naturalist paradigm.

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Author Biographies

Maristela Kirst de Lima Girola, PUCRS

Graduada em Letras: Português/Inglês (UNISINOS); Especialista em Literatura Brasileira (UNISINOS); Mestre em Teoria da Literatura (PUCRS) e Doutoranda em Teoria da Literatura (PUCRS). Pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos Lusófonos da PUCRS, sob a orientação da Professora Dr. Maria Luíza Remédios.

Adriana Elisabete Bayer, PUCRS

Doutoranda em Teoria da Literatura no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da PUCRS; bolsista CNPq, com a pesquisa Literatura santomense: entre obós, luchãs e o Atlântico, um mar de mensagens, orientada pelo Dr. Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil. Email: adribayer@gmail.com

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Published

2009-12-23

How to Cite

Girola, M. K. de L., & Bayer, A. E. (2009). Figures institutionalized by the Brazilian canon: black man as the person of the national Literature. Letrônica, 2(2), 292–306. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/4944

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009): Fonologia & História da Literatura

Section

Literature

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