Representações sobre as populações negras nos contos “Negrinha” e “Bocatorta” de Monteiro Lobato.

Abstract

This paper aims to highlight the representations about the black population in the final years of the Empire and the beginning of the Republic from two literary works and its author, the short stories "Negrinha" and "Bocatorta" by Monteiro Lobato. For that, a temporal cut was made that goes from 1888 to 1930, aiming to highlight the trajectory of the black people and their place in Brazilian society. The motivation for the study is the result of racial representations given to blacks in Brazilian history that produced an unequal struggle in Brazilian society. By highlighting this conjuncture, we verify the relevance of this study since it will contribute to the racial discussions of contemporaneity. It is a theoretical study based on the historicity of black people in Brazil, which was elaborated from the bibliographical research using the stories "Negrinha" and "Bocatorta" both from Monteiro Lobato. The analyzes made it possible to prove that the racial representations given to blacks and blacks in Brazilian history produced an inequality and stereotypes that are present in contemporary times. The study does not pretend to conclude an appreciation about the racial question in Brazil, but to contribute to the fomentation of the discussions about social inequality in Brazil.