The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar

This article has the objective to evaluate how the Brazilian writer and political, José de Alencar, understood the slave institution in Brazil, eliminated after three centuries supporting up the economic relations, social and political in the country. For the novelist, the system should not be eradi...

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Main Author: Gilberto de Assis Barbosa dos Santos
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Sem Aspas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/semaspas/article/view/8346
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spelling doaj-980d8918b4014236a1197f72f20454f92020-11-24T22:38:52ZporUniversidade Estadual PaulistaRevista Sem Aspas2238-359X2358-42382015-06-01402185266The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de AlencarGilberto de Assis Barbosa dos Santos0Faculdade de Saúde São Paulo. Penápolis - SPThis article has the objective to evaluate how the Brazilian writer and political, José de Alencar, understood the slave institution in Brazil, eliminated after three centuries supporting up the economic relations, social and political in the country. For the novelist, the system should not be eradicated through governmental actions, because he believed its elimination would happen through of peaceful relations between masters and slaves; being the task of the masters civilize the African element sent to the new continent as a commodity to be explored until the physical exhaustion. For the slave, it was destined for the eternal paternalistic gratitude to the European, by this has assisted him to leave his inferior status in relation of his owner. The novelist defended this position in several of his political speeches, in letters to the imperator and in some of his works, as in “O tronco do Ipê”. In this way, he understood the consequences of slavery would be positive for the African race.https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/semaspas/article/view/8346EscravismoLiteratura brasileiraJosé de AlencarHistória do Brasil
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The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar
Revista Sem Aspas
Escravismo
Literatura brasileira
José de Alencar
História do Brasil
author_facet Gilberto de Assis Barbosa dos Santos
author_sort Gilberto de Assis Barbosa dos Santos
title The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar
title_short The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar
title_full The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar
title_fullStr The sense of slavery in "O tronco do ipê", wrote by José de Alencar
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publisher Universidade Estadual Paulista
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publishDate 2015-06-01
description This article has the objective to evaluate how the Brazilian writer and political, José de Alencar, understood the slave institution in Brazil, eliminated after three centuries supporting up the economic relations, social and political in the country. For the novelist, the system should not be eradicated through governmental actions, because he believed its elimination would happen through of peaceful relations between masters and slaves; being the task of the masters civilize the African element sent to the new continent as a commodity to be explored until the physical exhaustion. For the slave, it was destined for the eternal paternalistic gratitude to the European, by this has assisted him to leave his inferior status in relation of his owner. The novelist defended this position in several of his political speeches, in letters to the imperator and in some of his works, as in “O tronco do Ipê”. In this way, he understood the consequences of slavery would be positive for the African race.
topic Escravismo
Literatura brasileira
José de Alencar
História do Brasil
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