O Homem do Direito no Limiar Republicano: um estudo de Esaú e Jacó a partir da interseção entre História, Direito e Literatura

Abstract

The man of law is a recurring character in the Machado de Assis work. However, Esau and Jacob (1904), his penultimate novel, set in the period of the Monarchy-Republic transition in Brazil, raises the possibility of analyzing a specific subject, from his decision to enter the legal course, until the beginning of his journey in life which was commonly the end pursued by the young people of his strain. Thus, this work aims to plot an interdisciplinary study, enabling the dialogue between law, history and literature in the analysis of literary work, seeking to understand the consequences of the inauguration of the first legal courses its importance for the political directions of the Empire and what is the place of the law man, instructed in these institutions, at the time when Brazil was heading towards the Republic.