The study of "law and literature" in Brazil: development, evolution and expansion

• Autor(a) principal: Trindade, André Karam
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Bernsts, Luísa Giuliani
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Anamorphosis (Porto Alegre)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.rdl.org.br/anamps/article/view/326
• topic: law and literature; history; studies; researches; direito e literatura; história; estudos; pesquisas

In the United States, as well as in Europe, the history of Law and Literature refers to the beginning of the 20th century and its development led to different approaches and perspectives. In Brazil, over the last decade, one can observe the multiplication of studies and research on Law and Literature. This does not mean, however, that its emergence is recent in Brazilian territory neither that the great volume of intellectual productions is not directly proportional to its quality. This article seeks to study, historically, how the study of Law and Literature was developed in Brazil, by recovering its precursors, recognizing the researchers that contributed to its evolution and identifying the aspects that led to its expansion. This paper also reflects on the theoretical consistency (or lack of it) in the Brazilian production, based on a quantitative survey and qualitative analysis of the papers presented and published in the Conpedi events. The conclusion is that, in comparison to the American and European traditions, the Brazilian experience proves to be an innovative and promising one, although still very scarce from a theoretical point of view.