Resumo (PT):
O artigo estuda a representação do brasileiro – o português que emigrou para o Brasil e regressa rico à terra natal – e do Brasil na obra de Aquilino, mostrando como estamos já longe do estereótipo caricatural promovido por Camilo Castelo Branco e outros autores oitocentistas.
Abstract (EN):
The article analyses the representation of the brasileiro (i.e. the Portuguese who immigrated to Brazil and returned to his homeland after amassing wealth) and Brazil in the work of Aquilino, showing how the cartoonish stereotype promoted by Camilo Castelo Branco and other nineteenth-century authors was overcome.
Language:
Portuguese
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific