Dumas, Montépin e du Terrail: a circulação dos romances-folhetins franceses no Pará nos anos de 1871 a 1880

Abstract

This thesis aims to understand the nature of the circlation of serials, novels by French authors in the paper entitled O Liberal Para, from 1871 to 1880 of the nineteenth century. Among the French authors who have published novels serials in this newspaper highlighted Alexandre Dumas pai, Ponson du Terrail and Xavier de Montépin. Moreover, it seeks to demonstrate the dynamic movement of novels serialstitled Blanche de Beaulieu (Alexandre Dumas pai), A Fada D‟Auteuil (Ponson du Terrail) and O médico dos pobres (Xavier de Montépin) in the newspaper O Liberal do Para during aunique period in Belem, the moment the Belle Epoque paraense, where they were observed several changes in the cultural, economic and urban Para nineteenth century. Finally, it proposes an analysis of such prose fiction, emphasizing their structure, characters and thematic elements as modulators of European customs and habits, particularly those of French origin in the province of Para.