Antonio Candido and the awareness of backwardness
This article focuses on some inflections of Antonio Candido’s work: first, we present his historical perspective on Brazilian literature and culture in the “years of development” (1950s), which pointed to the integration of Brazil into the civilized nations club; in the sequence, the impact of the m...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repository: | Signótica (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/52218 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/52218 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Brazilian culture. Antonio Candido. Brazilian literature. Cultura brasileña Antonio Candido Literatura brasileña. Cultura brasileira. Antonio Candido. Literatura brasileira. |
| Summary: | This article focuses on some inflections of Antonio Candido’s work: first, we present his historical perspective on Brazilian literature and culture in the “years of development” (1950s), which pointed to the integration of Brazil into the civilized nations club; in the sequence, the impact of the military coup d’état (1964) on the author’s thinking and the changes in his perception of the modernization of the country in the a world ruled by imperialism; finally, we discuss, as a consequence of that impact, the praise of popular culture in the evaluation of some works of the nineteenth century, as well as the corresponding expectation of a cultural and political transformation of the country through a great alliance, a great national pact. |
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