A Representação histórico-literária na obra A Mocidade de Trajano de Visconde de Taunay

Abstract

The work A mocidade de Trajano, of Visconde de Taunay, builds a representation of the figures of a transition in Brazil, demonstrating the presence of the historic moment as influence on literary creation. From the time of the initial work are perceived historical details where the writer talks to a period of Brazilian history, touching on topics such as: slavery, colonization of the first proposals based on foreign immigration and the presence of the sacred in the work. The Cultural Studies aim to understand the culture in all its complexity and analyze the political and social context, which is where the culture is manifested. It is understood, therefore, that the work contributes to impersonate historical-literary, focusing on a particular stage of social and political develo pment of Brazil as well as several ruptures which was passing by Brazil in the nineteenth century. This study therefore proposes a review about the appearance of the historical-literary and cultural practices of the period.