Clergyman Fernandes Pinheiro, 1825-1876: a critical literary pioneer of Brazilian Romanticism

Author(s)

Carlos Augusto de Melo

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
• Defense date: 2006-02-17

Examining board members

Francisco Foot Hardman; Maria Lídia Lichtscheidl Maretti; Jefferson Cano

• Advisor: Francisco Foot Hardman; Luiz Carlos da Silva Dantas

Abstract

Pinheiro, J. C. Fernandes (1825-1876) was one of the most succeed inteUectuals in the Brazilian Empire. He dedicated aU his life to the glory of the Brazilian letters, working in many distinguished institutional fields. Although he had got privileged position in the "Empire of Letters ", the same not happened after his death. The posterior literary criticism did not conserve his merit, o.ffering him on/y a deep silence. Trying to rescue such personality of our cultural past, this text intends to study the Pinheiro 's pioneer work, mainly his more important books: Curso elementar de literatura nacional (1862), Postilas de retórica e poética (1871) and Resumo de história literária (1873); and, of course, his essays published in the Romantic national press. Then, it wil/ be possible reevaluate F ernando Pinheiro as a critica I literary pioneer, rank to the edge for literary studies e, thus, to contribute for the our literary historiography (AU)