Pré-modernismo século XX: análise do comportamento social em relação a escravidão no conto "Negrinha" de Monteiro Lobato

Abstract

This monograph sought to understand the study of Pre-Modernism and the transition from Modernism in the 20th century, related to the short story Negrinha (1922) by Monteiro Lobato, dealing with social behavior in relation to slavery, denouncing the racial prejudice that occurred at that time, with in order to show the real and crude of how free or captive slaves were treated, and the relationship of society with such occurrences throughout the period of slavery and during the abolition of slavery until the modernist phase. Monteiro Lobato was an ironic writer, well known for writing stories for children, he is considered the father of Brazilian children's literature, he also wrote short stories for adults, most of the time real characters. With the elaboration of this monograph, it was possible to analyze the behavior of society in relation to slavery based on the short story Negrinha de Monteiro Lobato, present at the time of its publication (1920) during the landmark of the transition from symbolism to pre- modernism, showing how racial prejudice, abuses and social problems occurred, where it can be inferred that black slaves or free people had no rights at all. Analyze Monteiro Lobato's short story by observing social aspects in the Pre-Modernist literary text, taking a critical view of society's behavior in relation to slavery and the problem of racial prejudice in the 19th and 20th centuries. This work has as a type of bibliographic research where material was collected based on books, websites, articles, and / or works already produced and published. Thus, the study was based on renowned authors who approach the topic. In order to understand that the short story Negrinha denounces the social factors of each being free or enslaved before or after Pre- Modernism.