A influência da literatura brasileira na formação da identidade nacional: ideário de Lima Barreto

Abstract

Given the various vicissitudes that occur in the daily lives of a considerable portion of Brazilians, it is necessary to raise the discussion about national identity. In short, literature has played an important role in the formation of the Brazilian people, regardless of the literary genre (epic, lyrical and dramatic), whether in verse or prose. Literary works continue to address fundamental issues, such as social inequality, gender issues, power relations, identity and memory. By expanding Brazilian society's understanding of social problems, literature fosters critical reflections on essential themes for the construction of Brazil, which directs it towards a future as a Nation and People. In view of this conjecture, this monograph aims to analyze how Brazilian literature influenced the formation of national identity with an emphasis on the legacy of Lima Barreto. And to this end, bibliographic research was adopted as the methodological procedure.