A contribuição da estética romântica para a construção da identidade nacional

The Brazilian political independence is achieved in 1822, but during this period the country has not yet defined its identity. Thus, it can be said that the romantic literature will play a decisive role in defining our identity. In this construction process, the Indian is elected as true symbol of nationality and works to coat a strong vainglorious nationalist tone marked by the adoption of a strong artificial and idealized tone, as literary production of the period represented the search for a past that is designed and homesick, but it very well may be redeemed as something positive. The development of Indianist Novel as a way to represent a mythical project for the national brand ideas that period, which elects the Indian as representative of a mythical past. Thus, this article aims to make considerations about the Romantic contribution to the formation of a national identity consciousness