A identidade sertaneja na literatura regionalista: Euclides, Hugo de Carvalho Ramos e Guimarães Rosa
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2012
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This article discusses the “sertanejo” identity in three literary
works: Os sertões, by Euclides da Cunha, Tropas e boiadas, by Hugo
de Carvalho Ramos, and Grande sertão: veredas, by Guimarães Rosa.
The identity sketched by these authors refl ected their preoccupations
and the respective historical periods in which the books were
written. In the case of Euclidesda Cunha, by revealing the “sertão”
(that is, the Brazilian hinterland) and the “sertanejo” culture to the
dominant coastal civilization, he brought forward the question of
national identity. Brazil, at the time, was leaving the Imperial regimen
behind and was looking forward to the Republic as a possibility of
transformation. The nation, however, was still not able to identify
what exactly composed the “national soul”. Carvalho Ramos, on the
other hand, tried to rescue elements of the cattle raising culture in
the state of Goiás, located in the inland of Brazil. At that moment,
presenting this particular culture was an attempt to include the state
of Goiás in the national context. Finally, Guimarães Rosa, writing in
mid-20 th century, when the developmental philosophy of President
Juscelino Kubitschek’s term (known in Brazil as the “JK era”) was
predominant, calls attention to the survival of the “sertanejo” culture,
while at the same time indicating its degree of universalism.
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Sertão, Identidade, Literatura regionalista, Sertão, Identity, Regional literature
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ALENCAR, Maria Amélia Garcia. A identidade sertaneja na literatura regionalista: Euclides, Hugo de Carvalho Ramos e Guimarães Rosa. Revista de História Regional, Ponta Grossa, v. 17, n. 1, p. 89-111, 2012.