O cetro e a mala : as narrativas de Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, Eça de Queiroz e Ramalho Ortigão sobre a primeira viagem de D. Pedro II à Europa

Abstract

The present research conducts a study of two portuguese publications produced in 1872 about the first travel of the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II in Europe. Through the analysis of the caricatures album Apontamentos de Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro sobre a picaresca viagem do Imperador de Rasilb pela Europ, from Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, and the february issue of As Farpas, written by Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, it seeks to understand how the construction of these narratives are part of the questioning about Portugal at the end of the nineteenth century. The monarch's travel to the european continent and the Brazilian production of these works took place in a moment of reflection by some portuguese intellectuals, known as "geração de 70" (1870 s generation), about society and portuguese identity. Assuming that these narratives have a direct connection with the interrogation conducted by these individuals about their country, the research is divided into two main. The first attempts to understand the worldview of the intellectuals from the "geração de 70", in which the authors belong, from the interpretation of texts produced during the Questão Coimbrã (1865-1866) and the Conferências do Casino (1871). The second will examine the representations of the Emperor s figure and portuguese society in both works, performing, therefore, a dialogue between the two sources, comprising the convergences and peculiarities of each narrative.