Resumen

CALABRESI, Luis Henrique de Freitas. Foreign Influences, National Identity and Education: a study of the works of Dostoevsky and Machado de Assis. Rev. Elet. Educ. [online]. 2018, vol.12, n.3, pp.711-722. ISSN 1982-7199.  https://doi.org/10.14244/198271992578.

This paper aims at analysing the cultural influence exerted by pedagogical conceptions from Western Europe over Russia and Brazil in the second half of the 19th century. This analysis was based on the novel Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky, and the short stories O Espelho and Verba Testamentária which are included in the short stories collection called Papeis Avulsos, by Machado de Assis. These literary works, in which the subject of this paper is portrayed, were contextualized and analysed in relation to other historical sources. It was concluded that the Western European cultural influence, specifically in its educational aspect, was a requirement for Russia and Brazil in the 19th century, aiming at overcoming their backwardness in relation to the developments of the central capitalist countries. However, the influx of these conceptions also promoted a series of distortions, such as the development of an inferiority complex, moral degradation and a strong desire for overcoming the European models with the goal of affirming their original national identities.

Palabras clave : Brazil; Russia; Literature; Education.

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