Animais medievais e configurações de gênero na cronística colonial: estratégias discursivas e ordem política
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2022-06
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La representación de la realidad natural de América personificada en la crónica
del Brasil Colonial está permeada por una postura dicotómica situada entre el asombro y
la utilidad, cuyos valores teleológicos pueden verificarse perfectamente en las referencias
medievales. Utilizando el comparativismo y privilegiando el estudio de las ideas culturales,
este artículo examina la plausibilidad de la presencia del bestiario medieval y el proceso de
engendramiento o tropo de feminización de la realidad natural colonial, configurando
oscilaciones entre el simple disfrute de lo maravilloso y su utilidad práctica. Los términos
de esta formación dialéctica son examinados en este artículo, buscando identificar sus
límites en la configuración de la realidad en las crónicas del Brasil Colonial. De esta forma,
se abordan dos pilares en el artículo, a saber, la tradición simbólica de los llamados libros
bestiarios y la tradición tropológica del discurso feminizante de la realidad, tanto de
carácter ideológico como político. De esta forma, se concibió estratégicamente una
curiosa pero explicable construcción de valores para legitimar las intenciones europeas en
la posesión de las tierras americanas en la época colonial.
The representation of the natural reality of America epitomized in the chronicles of Colonial Brazil is permeated by a dichotomous posture situated between wonder and utility, whose teleological values can be perfectly verified in medieval references. Using the comparative method and favoring the study of cultural ideas, this article examines the plausibility of the presence of the medieval bestiary and the process or trope of the feminization of the colonial natural reality, configuring oscillations between the simple enjoyment of the wonderful and its practical usefulness. The terms of this dialectical formation are examined in this article seeking to identify its limits in the configuration of reality in the chronicles of Colonial Brazil. In this way, two pillars in the article are approached, namely, the symbolic tradition of the so-called bestiary books and the tropological tradition of the feminizing discourse of reality, both of an ideological and political nature. Therefore, a curious but explainable formation of values were strategically conceived to legitimize the European intentions in the possession of the American lands in colonial times.
The representation of the natural reality of America epitomized in the chronicles of Colonial Brazil is permeated by a dichotomous posture situated between wonder and utility, whose teleological values can be perfectly verified in medieval references. Using the comparative method and favoring the study of cultural ideas, this article examines the plausibility of the presence of the medieval bestiary and the process or trope of the feminization of the colonial natural reality, configuring oscillations between the simple enjoyment of the wonderful and its practical usefulness. The terms of this dialectical formation are examined in this article seeking to identify its limits in the configuration of reality in the chronicles of Colonial Brazil. In this way, two pillars in the article are approached, namely, the symbolic tradition of the so-called bestiary books and the tropological tradition of the feminizing discourse of reality, both of an ideological and political nature. Therefore, a curious but explainable formation of values were strategically conceived to legitimize the European intentions in the possession of the American lands in colonial times.
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Medieval animals, Gender, Colonial chronicles, Wonderful and usefulness, Discursive strategies, Political order, Animales medievales, Género, Crónicas coloniales, Maravilloso y utilidad, Estrategias discursivas, Orden político
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FONSECA, Pedro Carlos Louzada. Animais medievais e configurações de gênero na cronística colonial: estratégias discursivas e ordem política. Mirabilia Journal, Barcelona, v. 34, n. 1, p. 243-259, jan./jun. 2022. Disponível em: https://www.revistamirabilia.com/issues/mirabilia-journal-34-2022-1/article/medieval-animals-and-gender-configurations-colonial. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2023.