José de Alencar - historiador

Abstract

The research in chronicles of colonial times, the habits and ways of determined ages, led Alencar work with unknown (or despised by official historiography) facts and characters. Through his historic novels, he creates a dialogue between fiction characters and historic characters, providing interactions from the reader with historic events, bringing him near to true past events, intertwining history and fiction. This paper aims to propose a dialogue between the author’s historic approach and the positivist and presentist schools. As a result, we have an overview of the detailed author’s vision of the colonial society, considering the concept of microhistory.