The scene representation in the new brazilian historical nove – reading the novels a república dos bugres and conspiração barroca, of ruy reis tapioca

Abstract

The scene representation in the New Brazilian Historical Novel has aroused little interest of literary criticism. The urban morphology consisting of houses, mansions, palaces, castles, churches, bridges, public parks, transportation and cities is characterized and described as the time of context. Many writers analyze historical textbooks, documents of the period, archives, museums, in an attempt to represent or (re)create the background of historical scenes formulated. The novels A República dos Bugres (1999) and Conspiração Barroca (2008) of the bahian writer Ruy Reis Tapioca combine up as literary works dating back past history, recovering the prevailing assumptions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the arrival of the Portuguese Royal Family and the Minas Conspiracy. This article scrutinizes how the historical setting is represented in these novels, identifying the form and content working through the outline of the narrative descriptions. In order to support our reflection we turn to the contributions of: Lowenthal (1998), Bury (2006), Pons, (1996), White (1992), among others. The contribution of this article aims to expand the aesthetic look into this matter as exciting and not yet fully explored by the academic world.