Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literatureperhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar;s many works. Set in the sixteenth century, it is an extremely romantic portrayal of a doomed live between a Portuguese soldier and an Indian maiden. Iracema reflects the gingerly way that mid-nineteenth century Brazil dealt with race mixture and multicultural experience. Precisely because of its nineteenth-century romanticism, Iracema strongly contributed to a Brazilian sense of nationhoodcontemporary Brazilian writers and literary critics still cite it as a foundation for their own work.
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Iracema
Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literatureperhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar;s many works. Set in the sixteenth century, it is an extremely romantic portrayal of a doomed live between a Portuguese soldier and an Indian maiden. Iracema reflects the gingerly way that mid-nineteenth century Brazil dealt with race mixture and multicultural experience. Precisely because of its nineteenth-century romanticism, Iracema strongly contributed to a Brazilian sense of nationhoodcontemporary Brazilian writers and literary critics still cite it as a foundation for their own work.
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ISBN-13: | 9788542221138 |
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Publisher: | Barsa Literatura |
Publication date: | 11/17/2023 |
Sold by: | Bookwire |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 112 |
File size: | 2 MB |
Age Range: | 13 - 18 Years |
Language: | Portuguese |
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