José de alencar e joaquim manuel de macedo: obras e discursos abolicionistas invisíveis no ensino de literatura e história
This work highlights two Brazilian literary works of fiction that have slavery as a context: O demônio familiar (1857), by José de Alencar and Simeão, o crioulo (1869), by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo. The political positions of each author regarding the abolition of slavery in the country and the way in which they come to life in the texts will be emphasized, both bringing the black slave as a central, manipulative and perverse character.