José de Alencar and the landscape through a diorama
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Landscapes, Dioramas, José de Alencar, IndianismAbstract
As a prominent figure in Brazilian Romanticism, José de Alencar portrayed the Brazilian past through his Indianist legends, emphasizing the nation’s natural beauty. By extolling the country and celebrating its origins, the author skillfully depicted vibrant national landscapes. The association of these landscapes with the noble purpose of elevating the country is a distinctive feature of works such as Iracema (1865) and Ubirajara (1874). This article examines the construction of landscapes in these works in relation to the formation of dioramas, a resource that gained popularity in the natural history museums of the 19th century. Within the Indianist scenes, the landscapes function as a museal device, characterized by detailed descriptions and carefully selected elements. These elements are also discernible in the formal aspects of the narratives and their paratexts.
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