A Representação Do Negro Na Literatura Oitocentista Brasileira À Luz Do Pós-colonialismo
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: : The colonization of the American Continent had innumerous consequences to the development of the global capitalist system we have today. The racial ranking/classification was one of them. During the colonial period, the Whites established themselves as the model of culture and civilization, while different cultures were rejected. In order to legitimize the colonization and the slavery system, the colonizer fabricated the image of the Indian and the Negro as inferior. According to the postcolonial theory, the literary productions were an important ally in the construction process of the Other. Starting from this proposition, we intend, with this paper, to present and analyze the representations of the Negro in the Brazilian literature of the nineteenth century. Keywords: Racial stereotypes; Brazilian Literature of the nineteenth century; Postcolonial theory. Resumo: A colonizacao do continente americano teve inumeras consequencias para o desenvolvimento do atual sistema capitalista global. A hierarquizacao racial foi uma delas. Durante o periodo colonial, o branco se firmou como exemplo de cultura e civilizacao enquanto culturas divergentes foram rechacadas. A fim de legitimar a colonizacao e o sistema escravagista, o colonizador fabricou a imagem do indio e do negro como inferior. Segundo a teoria pos-colonial, as producoes literarias foram uma importante aliada no processo de construcao do Outro. Partindo dessa premissa, o presente artigo propoe-se expor e analisar as representacoes do negro na literatura brasileira do seculo XIX. Palavras-chave: Estereotipos raciais; Literatura brasileira do seculo XIX; Teoria pos-colonial.
Source: Brasil/Brazil
Author: Juliana Fillies Testa Muñoz
Institution: University of Cologne
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3159940992