Caminhos entrecruzados: história, escravidão e literatura em úrsula (1859) e as vítimas algozes: quadros da escravidão (1869)

Abstract

By the path crisscrossed of History and Literature, this research aims to compare literary works Ursula (1859) and As Vítimas Algozes: quadros da escravidão (1869), regarding the abolitionist ideas of authors about slavery, and how the to writers work the same theme with different views. Taking as reference the theoretical historian Roger Chartier, we seek a dialogue with the works to better understand how Maria Firmina dos Reis and Joaquin Manuel de Macedo represent their characters slaves. Also we dialogued with historiography as a way to see how the characters are inserted or distancing of the histographical debate about slavery. Showing the antagonism of the authors presents in the works discussed the abolitionist ideas of the nineteenth century and its agents, always dialoguing with the context in which the works were written. Keyword: Literature, abolition, history, slavery.