Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto e o mito da identidade nacional

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2007

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The purpose of this work was to redeem the masterpieces of Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto, writer of inestimable value, brazilian modernitys pioneer, but who, in spite of all these qualities, was rejected by his contemporary critics.To reach that goal we reconstituted his trajectory and historical context to be able to analyze certain myths that stigmatized him and his works in negative way. The writer was accused of being a negligent, revengeful, incompetent person and alcoholic as well, in a time where a literary work was evaluated through a biographical prism and considered the writers life reflex. Then we tried to emphasize the importance of Lima Barretos work in the national identity construction. We showed that since the very beginning of national literature, writers had assumed the task of developing it. This formulation, however, was market by the colonialism ideology, characterized by the ethnical and social exclusion of the negro, the indian, the mestizo, and the white pauper. Lima Barretos militant literatures helps to reveal this ideology, based on idealized national identity and in a contradictory way, creates precedents for it to be recreated in modern times. To help understand the rupture operated by Lima Barreto, we built a synopsis of writers, critics and intellectuals that dealt with this issue. Following that perspective, we analyzed two Lima Barretos capital masterpieces Policarpo Quaresmas Sad Ending and Clerk Isaías Caminhas Remembrances, whose protagonists reveal, through a confrontation between a formal and a real Brazil, in an ironical and sarcastic way, the countrys flaws, governed by elites that conceal them through the official discourse so that they can satisfy their own hidden interests. Lima Barretos work sarcastic accent doesnt make it superficial, as criticized by his pairs, but on contrary helps to reveal the essence of the national character

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ideologia bias identidade nacional exclusão national identity myth exclusion mito literature literatura caracteristicas nacionais brasileiras barreto, lima -- 1881-1922 -- critica e interpretacao preconceito ideology literatura comparada

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