As relações entre literatura e história no romance República das Carretas, de Barbosa Lessa.

Abstract

The present work intends to carry out a critical analysis about the central characters in the literary novel “República das Carretas”, by south-riograndense writer Barbosa Lessa. This novel is about the daily routine during Farroupilha Revolution. Thus it will be shown, its reading will not only provide a human and amazing image of the leading figures of the story, but also approximates this historical moment to the real events, emphasizing not only battles and military movements. The author disrobes historical south-Brazilian characters like Bento Gonçalves, Giuseppe Garibaldi an Domingos de Almeida, main focus of this communication, presenting him in a human way and rescuing the emotion that historical storyline has hidden, because literary works use narrative resources that enable another look to facts and historical people. The character of this novel, differently of the historical hero, is not a prominent noble who has a mission to fulfill, but a common man who faced a daily hard reality. The critical analysis sustains itself on bibliographical revision of the authors that discuss and theorize about Cultural History, Historical Novel, Character and Narrator – like Antônio Cândido, Beth Brait, Edward Moorgan Forster, György Lukács, Salvatore D’Onofrio, Sandra Jatahy Pesavento, Oscar Tacca, Walter Benjamin, among others.