EUGÉNIO TAVARES: UM INTELECTUAL A SERVIÇO DE SEU POVO

Abstract

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CAPE VERDIAN LITERARY PRODUCTION WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN PATTERNS. THE BASES ON WHICH THIS LITERATURE HAD BEEN STRUCTURED, AS ANNOUNCED ON CLARIDADE MAGAZINE, WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED BY EUGÉNIO TAVARES, WHICH WROTE IN EARLY PERIOD OF CAPE VERDEAN LITERATURE. HIS PRODUCTION QUESTIONS NOT ONLY THE LITERATURE, BUT ALSO CAPE VERDE AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO INTRODUCE EUGÉNIO TAVARES, AND HIS PRODUCTION, AS AN INTELLECTUAL WORRIED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF HIS COUNTRY.