Latin in colonization of sixteenth century Brazil

Abstract

In this article, I analyze the history and the use of Latin in teaching in the Portuguese Renaissance Humanism and its influence in Sixteenth century Brazil, as an instrument of linguistic colonization for Portuguese America. For this analysis, I selected an excerpt from the neo-latin work De Gestis Mendi de Saa (On the deeds of Mem de Sa), written in Brazil by the Jesuit missionary José de Anchieta.

Keywords

• Estudos Culturais
• Colonização Linguística
• América Latina.