%0 Journal Article
%T Theory and Practice of Literary Historiography in Brazil, 1950s : A Look into the Corporate Logic of a Modernist Institution
%A Gouveia
%A Saulo
%J Ellipsis
%D 2009
%I American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
%X My essay analyses the bulk of literary historiography that first appeared in Brazil during the 1950s. I examine issues related to canon formation primarily in literary historiography that was established at that time. The essay is divided in three sections: The first attempts to define and situate the field of literary historiography within the field of cultural production. The second section contains an inventory of the 1950s publications with brief analysis of contents as well as biographical information about the authors. The third section analyzes the discourse and the ideology of literary historiography with regard to the Modernist movement. Some questions that I address are: What are the theoretical and methodological approaches that inform literary historiography in Brazil? Who are the main authors and ideologues in this field? What is the relationship between theory and the ideology expressed in the discourse of literary histories?
%K Literary historiography
%K Brazilian literature
%K Brazilian modernism
%U http://www.ellipsis-apsa.com/Volume_7-Gouveia_files/Gouveia_ellipsis_7_2009%20copy.pdf