Brasil, país do futuro: segundo Stefan Zweig e Agostinho da Silva

  • Henryk Siewierski Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Keywords: Stefan Zweig, Agostinho da Silva, Brazilian History, Brazilian ldentity, Visions of Brazil

Abstract

Stefan Zweig and Agostinho da Silva, each in his own way, witnessed the present and looked towards the future of Brazil wherein they saw a possibility of a better future for the whole world. ln Stefan Zweig's oeuvre Brazil holds an episodic, albeit distinct, position as the tragic conclusion of his life. ln Agostinho da Silva's work Brazil is a privileged sub­ject as well as the experience of a biography closely intertwined with the history of that country. Stefan Zweig's and Agostinho da Silva's views converged in regarding Brazil as an alternative cultural and developmental model in relation to the contemporary Europe, a model which they considered superior in that it was based on humanistic and universally Christian values which had no longer served as the basis for the Old World. There are, ho­wever, significant differences. For example, in Stefan Zweig's vision of Brazil the processes of homogenization and unification are highlighted and idealized, whereas Agostinho da Silva emphasizes Brazil's diversity and liberty.

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Author Biography

Henryk Siewierski, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Professor do Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Publicou, entre outros, Encontro das nações (Paris, 1984), Como ganhei o Brasil de presente (Cracóvia, 1998), História da literatura polonesa (Brasília, 2000), Um paraíso imperdível. Silva rerum amazônico (Cracóvia, 2006), organizou o livro Vida conversável de Agostinho da Silva (Brasília, Lisboa, 1994), com quem também traduziu Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa para o polonês (Varsóvia, 2006). Traduziu várias obras da literatura polonesa para o português.

Published
2007-06-30
How to Cite
Siewierski, H. (2007). Brasil, país do futuro: segundo Stefan Zweig e Agostinho da Silva. Converência Lusíada, 21(23), 148-158. Retrieved from https://www.convergencialusiada.com.br/rcl/article/view/605
Issue
Vol. 21 No. 23 (2007): Centenary of Agostinho da Silva
Section
ENSAIOS

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