Jeca in the laboratory: Nature, science and national identity in Monteiro Lobato

The 20th century was marked by the rise of scientism in the political, economic and social spheres. Brazil had just become a Republic, and groups were disputing the important mission of building a new national identity. Armed with the new world productions, writers like Monteiro Lobato established c...

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Autores: Junior, Arlindo Ferretti, Westphal, Euler Renato, Meira, Roberta Barros
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:letrônica
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/39035
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/39035
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Monteiro Lobato
National identity
Science
Identidade nacional
Ciência
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Sumario:The 20th century was marked by the rise of scientism in the political, economic and social spheres. Brazil had just become a Republic, and groups were disputing the important mission of building a new national identity. Armed with the new world productions, writers like Monteiro Lobato established contact with relevant scientists. This article seeks to discuss issues related to the figure of Jeca Tatu as a fundamental piece in the process of creating a Brazilian national identity, which brings us a rural culture that was fading with the fury of science and the progress sought by the new political regime. To this end, we discussed the author’s representations of the Brazilian bumpkin, mainly in the pages of “Urupês” (1914) and “Problema vital” (1918). The analysis of the sources reveals that the Paulista writer has appropriated the scientific discussions around man and Brazilian nature to build his projects of national identity.