World Literature Studies for the CSET English Part 4


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This is part 4 in our review of World Literature studies for the CSET.

Brazil

The Literature of Brazil refers to literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, even if prior to Brazil’s independence from Portugal, in 1822. During the 20th century Brazilian literature gradually shifted to a different and more Brazilian literature use of the Portuguese language.

The most important literary centre in colonial Brazil was the prosperous Minas Gerais region, known for its gold mines, where a thriving proto-nationalist movement had begun.

Colonial Period

Pero Vaz de Caminha

Basílio da Gama

Gregório de Matos e Guerra

Romanticism

Gonçalves de Magalhães

Joaquim Manuel de Macedo

Manuel Antônio de Almeida

José Martiniano de Alencar

Realism

Émile Zola

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