Palavras de honra : um estudo acerca da honorabilidade na sociedade sul-rio-grandense do século XIX, a partir dos romances de Caldre Fião

Abstract

This is a study on representation of honor in Rio Grande do Suls Nineteenth Century society based on two novels. It analyzes José Antônio do Vale Caldre Fiãos novels A Divina Pastora (1847) and O Corsário (1849). That analysis was guided by cultural anthropologys theoretical constructs concerning the concept of honor, as well as those of the new cultural History, also concerning the conceptualization of social representations. Episodes of the novels mentioned above have been selected in which the focus is on honor - both male and female honor as well as violent defense of ones honor. By this investigative process, one aims to render explicit a particular view developed by literature of Rio Grande do Suls society, in which honor and its defense are fundamental to a proper understanding of cultural identity as it relates to men in the Nineteen Century.