Peri in the advent of the republic: the construction of a political idea of nation by the romantic literature of the 19th century

• Autor(a) principal: Campos, Juliana Cristine Diniz
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Anamorphosis (Porto Alegre)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.rdl.org.br/anamps/article/view/8
• topic: national identity; indianism; symbology; republicanism; O guarani.; identidade nacional; indianismo; simbologia; republicanismo; "O guarani"

We investigated in which way art and, more specifically, literature was used in the construction of the political ideology in 19th century Brazil. We understand literature as an instrument of the process of crystallizing a national identity from the exaltation of the exotic nature and the virtues of native indians. Romantic literature is used with a clear symbolic and ideological function in the advent of republican institutions, going beyond its explicit function as leisure. Moreover, the article analyzes the part of literature in the Republic’s civilizing project, of teaching the habits of the urban bourgeoisie. The work presents an interdisciplinary analysis between literature, art, history, law and politics, with the intention of deepening the investigation about the processes of construction of identity in the Brazilian imperial era.