The conflict between the "fanatics" and the "heroic police": memories of canudos in the newspapers and in cordel verses in pará state, brazil (1897-1940)

Abstract

This article proposes an analysis from the memories of the Canudos War conveyed in the Pará state’s periodicals A Província do Pará and Folha do Norte in the year of 1897, and cordel booklets História de Antônio Conselheiro (Campanha de Canudos, narração completa) by Arinos de Belém. The periodical discourse and the cordel about Antonio Conselheiro and his followers and about the participation of the Military Police of Pará was analyzed, observing the permanences and changes in relation to the image constructed on these individuals. It can be seen from the research that these media vehicles reproduced a pejorative vision of the blessed and the Canudenses and portrayed the troops as heroic, sustaining the same discourse that it was necessary to defeat Canudos.

Keywords

• Canudos. Imprensa. Literatura de cordel.