Banca de DEFESA: RAFAELA ALMEIDA LEOVEGILDO FRANCA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : RAFAELA ALMEIDA LEOVEGILDO FRANCA
DATA : 01/07/2021
HORA: 10:00
LOCAL: Zoom
TÍTULO:

“COISAS DIGNAS DE MEMÓRIA”: A ESCRITA FRANCISCANA NA NARRATIVA DA CUSTÓDIA DE SANTO ANTÔNIO
DO BRASIL, DE FR. MANUEL DA ILHA (1621)

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Custódia de Santo Antônio do Brasil - Order of Friars Minor - Religious
Historiography - Missions

PÁGINAS: 122
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Humanas
ÁREA: História
RESUMO:

Between the 16th and 17th centuries, a period of effervescence in religious literature was
observed in Portugal. In this period, the growth in production, both printed and
handwritten, of different types of devotional and spiritual literature is identified. Among
the Religious Orders, there was a marked increase in the chronical genre. Religious from
different institutes resorted to chronicles in order to build an illustrious memory for their
respective congregations. In the writings of this kind, information was gathered such as
the history of the foundation of the convents, biographies of friars or nuns of exemplary
life, and the events considered most relevant to the history of that particular institute.
Produced under the command and supervision of the higher levels of Religious Orders,
the chronicles took the place of official narrative, being subject to internal surveillance
and approval.
This dissertation aims to analyze one of these chronicles, written while the genre of the
chronicles was going through one of its many peaks. The research presented here takes
as its starting point the Narrativa da Custódia de Santo Antônio do Brasil, written in 1621
by the franciscan Fr. Manuel da Ilha. This work portrays the establishment of the Order
of Friars Minor in Brazil colony, and describes how the first convents were built and the
daily life of the friars who inhabited them. Although written by a chronicler who lived in
Portugal, the Narrativa offers a record of the Franciscans' work in converting the Indians,
narrating the difficulties and, above all, the successes achieved by the friars in this
endeavor.
Confronting this chronicle with other Franciscan records, produced in the same period,
the study developed here seeks to examine the main tendencies that guided the written
production of the Order of Friars Minor. The purpose is not only to perceive how the
Franciscan texts reflected the issues of their time, but also how the friars took on their
writing skills as an instrument of power.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 1155140 - MORENO LABORDA PACHECO
Interna - 210.023.120-00 - LIGIA BELLINI - UFBA
Externo ao Programa - 000.000.000-00 - ANTÓNIO CAMÕES GOUVEIA - UNL