Os Sertões, a look about yours 120 years

Abstract

For a better understanding of Os Sertões, it is necessary to bear in mind the context in which it was conceived and written: it is a report on a countryside rebellion, unleashed in the backlands of Bahia, under the leadership of a blessed man named Antonio Conselheiro. The origin of the rebellion is based on the transition from the Empire to the Republic, being one of the many that usually signal a change of regime. The change is a reason for pain and loss for the poorest and most unassisted population, which then riots, having, in this case, a religious banner. The author of the report, military engineer Euclides da Cunha, recently graduated from the Praia Vermelha Military School, had been sent to the stage of events as a war correspondent by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. Five years later, his book would come to light, shaking public opinion with its denunciations and occupying a lasting place in Brazilian culture.

[Received on: November 20, 2022 – Accepted on: December 15, 2022]