A escrita do padre Fernão Cardim e suas marcas medievais

Abstract

The present work has as its purpose the study of the work of the people and land of Brazil of Father Fernão Cardim, in which an analysis will be traced that traces the influences of the medieval imaginary and ideals, considering the presence of some imagistic reflections of the inheritance and the traces of the tradition of the Middle Ages that are announced in the construction of Cardin's chronicle. The description of the landscape of the discovered lands, the meeting between the Old World referents and the Novomundist space, the transliteration of schemes responsible for the approximation and incorporation of the new discoveries are thematic elements present in the Cardinal's chronistic production, as well as his writings assume a position fundamental for the organization of the religious order of the Jesuits. A writing in which Father Fernão Cardim transits within descriptive narratives, sometimes characterizing realistically the encounter with nature and the natives, sometimes exercising an exquisite literary touch, influenced by the authorities and schemes so dear to the medieval tradition. In this sense, the research proposes to analyze and search for medievality marks present in the historiographic scenario that can give greater meaning to the text and, along with this dynamics, dialogue with factors related to medieval ideology and the context of present colonization in Portuguese America