Revista Encontros

05-06

Authors: Ana Maria C. Ribas

Editorial of 19 issue of Revista Encontros

21-41

Authors: Alexandre Miranda de Almeida

The orthographic reforms of 1907 and 1911 were implemented in Brazil and Portugal in a republican’s context. We defend that the decision for a specific national orthographic rule was taken following political goals connected with the desire to strengthen the national state. The orthographic reforms legitimized the creation of a ´mother language` or ´Portuguese language` as an operation of neglecting the possibility of a ´Brazilian language` based in a more ´popular` pronunciation because the orthography was taken as a ´mirror of the nation`. This study intends to explore the political and social dimensions of the language, out of a ´Olympus of the letters`. We intend to discuss the usual negative evaluations on the pre-modern literature, searching for a better understanding of the political implications of the debate on the language at the beginning of XXth century. We are interested in the social logic of the letters production and their connections with mechanisms of social distinction.

58-72

Authors: Jaqueline V. de Aguiar

In the Nineteenth-century Brazil, the Princesses Elizabeth and Leopoldina became the only heir to the Throne and Crown of Brazil. This study aimed to analyze the formation of the Princesses by highlighting the figure of the Emperor D. Pedro II, the girls' father. This historical and documentary research had the Princesses letters as the main source of it. It was concluded the Princesses were educated with disciplines aimed at the "arts and sciences and the "housewives". They were of great importance to the tutor’s performance and in the role of Emperor’s governess, this last one as a true parent / teacher engaged in turning their daughters into future sovereign.

92-111

Authors: Lourdes Ferreira

The aim of this work is to provide an account concerning the insertion of environment-related themes in a Drafting course along with knowledge borrowed from the field of Art. The resources employed consist of photographs and graffiti. The theme Urban Environment served as a basis for the project and the theoretical references may be found not only in the National Curricular Parameters guidelines but also in the works of authors who approach Environmental Education on a critical basis.