Brasilienses Aurifodinae, de José Basílio da Gama: um desconhecido poema iluminista luso-brasileiro?

Authors

  • Vania Pinheiro Chaves Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Keywords:

Gold, Luso-brazilian Poetry, Iluminism

Abstract

This paper intends to position the unpublished poem Brasilienses Aurifodinae" by José Basílio da Gama in the global context of the work of this Arcadian poet, issued from collo­nial Minas Gerais brazilian province; it also attempts to place the text within the literary production of the Seven Hundreds. ln order to do this, new elements are presented that improve the knowledge of where and how Basilio's poem was written and enhance our understanding of its historical and cultural worthiness, namely the Jesuitical education of the writer, the dose contact with Iluministic ideas he enjoyed during exile in ltaly, his di­rect experience of the Minas Gerais gold mining society, and the mastery of Latin didactic poetry literary tecnique he demonstrated.

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Author Biography

Vania Pinheiro Chaves, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Carioca licenciada em Português-Literaturas pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro em 1969. Desde 1974, leciona Literatura e Cultura Brasileiras, na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, onde fez o seu doutoramento e onde atualmente dirige o Instituto de Cultura Brasileira. Dentre as suas publicações destacam­se O Uraguai e a Fundação da Literatura Brasileira e O Despertar do Gênio Brasileiro, editados em 1997 e 2000, pela UNICAMP.

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Published

2007-12-30

How to Cite

Pinheiro Chaves, V. (2007). Brasilienses Aurifodinae, de José Basílio da Gama: um desconhecido poema iluminista luso-brasileiro?. Converência Lusíada, 21(24), 134–144. Retrieved from https://convergencialusiada.com.br/rcl/article/view/555

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 24 (2007): 3rd Colloquium of PPLB - Between Enlightened and Romantics

Section

3º Colóquio do PPRLB - Entre Iluminados e Românticos

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