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- Title
The Modern Essay in Brazil.
- Authors
do Nascimento Arruda, Maria Arminda
- Abstract
We analyze the construction of the modern essay in Brazil, inaugurated by the so-called 1930s generation: Gilberto Freyre's Casa-grande e senzala, Caio Prado Júnior's Evolução política do Brasil, and Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's Raízes do Brasil. Based on the classic theoretical references on the essay, we approach the modern Brazilian essay under three aspects. First, its context and historical significance, especially from the point of view of the intellectual tradition outlined by Antonio Candido. We argue that the Brazilian essay emerges in interface with modernist art and the socio-political problem of the country's modernization. Secondly, we argue that Holanda's work stands out in the 1930s Brazilian essayism as the most effective accomplishment of the essay as a form. Finally, we show how Florestan Fernandes' intellectual and historical experience represents both an update and a breakdown of Brazilian essayism in the 1970s.
- Subjects
SOCIAL conditions in Brazil; ESSAYS; 20TH century social theory; SOCIOLOGY; FREYRE, Gilberto, 1900-1987; PRADO Junior, Caio, 1907-1990; HOLANDA, Sergio Buarque de, 1902-1982; CANDIDO, Antonio, 1918-2017; FERNANDES, Florestan
- Publication
American Sociologist, 2020, Vol 51, Issue 3, p318
- ISSN
0003-1232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12108-020-09445-1