A contribuição do romance-folhetim O Guarani na formação do público leitor brasileiro do século XIX

Abstract

O Guarani the novel by José de Alencar was published in 1857 through Diário do Rio de Janeiro newspaper reaching a huge success as a feuillton. This one was adopted in Brazil with a lot of acceptation. Studies reveal that at that time of modifications and contrasts in Brazil of the Second Reign the brazilian public reader was just in formation, though their tastes in therms of reading included romance and the feuillton. In this context, O Guarani had a huge acclamation by the public which could find a correspondence of their expectations of find out a national literature in the story. This research intends to show O Guarani as a huge success of the XIX century as well as a timeless novel which attracts the interest of the public.