Forma????o cultural brasileira e norte-americana na ??tica de ??rico Ver??ssimo e Vianna Moog

O presente trabalho analisa a forma????o cultural brasileira em compara????o com a norte-americana, conforme as obras Gato preto em campo de neve e A volta do gato preto de ??rico Ver??ssimo e Bandeirantes e pioneiros de Vianna Moog. Contempor??neos da gera????o que marcou as d??cadas de 1930 ??? 40, Ver??ssimo e Moog foram convidados a residir nos Estados Unidos para fins de interc??mbio cultural, o que lhes permitiu construir as obras citadas. Algumas tem??ticas predominavam na discuss??o dos autores, como a compara????o dos n??veis de desenvolvimento e moderniza????o entre Brasil e Estados Unidos. No entanto, a maior aten????o de Moog e Ver??ssimo parece apontar para o reconhecimento do Brasil em suas peculiaridades culturais, em sua brasilidade. Para isto, os autores se valem do discurso que transita ora no campo da narrativa liter??ria, ora no campo das ci??ncias sociais. Diante disto, esta disserta????o est?? organizada em tr??s cap??tulosThis thesis analyzes the formation of Brazil???s culture as compared to the North American culture according to the view of two Brazilian authors: ??rico Ver??ssimo, in his books Gato preto em campo de neve and A volta do gato preto, and Vianna Moog, in his book Bandeirantes e pioneiros. Both authors belonged to the epoch-making generation of Brazilian authors who began to write in the thirties and fourties of the 20th century. Both had the opportunity to live in the United States as participants of a cultural exchange program, which made it possible for them to create the mentioned books. Some topics were predominant in the authors??? discussion, such as the comparison between the level of development and modernization in Brazil and in the States. However, both Ver??ssimo and Moog seem to focus their attention on the recognition of Brazil in its cultural peculiarities, in its idiosyncratic character. To do this, both authors used the discourse of literary narrative and the discourse of social science. This is why