O preconceito racial abordado na obra “O mulato” de Aluízio de Azevedo

Abstract

The present work consists of analyzing the racial prejudice, experienced by the protagonist Raimundo, in the novel by the writer Aluísio Azevedo, titled O Mulato. Naturalist work, with controversial writing, published in 1881, discusses themes related to slavery, anti-clericalism, adultery and mainly issues related to racial prejudice in the city of São Luís do Maranhão in the 1980s. The O Mulato narrative shows how much the skin tone it permeates the love story between Ana Rosa and Raimundo, which does not materialize because Raimundo is a mulatto and the son of a slave. Even though Dr. Raimundo has excellent financial conditions and a sublime education, he is prevented from marrying, with his beloved Ana Rosa. This research analyzes the prejudiced speeches said by a large part of the cast of characters, except for José Roberto, known as “Seu Casusa", in which the hype distinguishes from the others. To obtain the information presented here, the project had as a method of investigation the qualitative bibliographic research, since it relies on the analysis of the various prejudiced discourses made by most of the character group of the work O Mulato, Azevedo (2010), and in the light of the conceptions of theorists such as: Abrantes (2012), Corrêa (2015), Bosi (2006), Lima (2009), among others In relation to the study, it is proved the proportion in which the book O Mulato is an instrument of analysis and denunciation of racial prejudice in Ludovicense society at the end of the century XIX