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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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 |
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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. |
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