Antonio Candido e a Faculdade de Direito

Celso Lafer

doi:10.11606/issn.2237-1184.v0i11p62-79

Antonio Candido and the Law School

Authors

Celso Lafer Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1184.v0i11p62-79

Keywords:

Antonio Candido, Faculdade de Direito, Experience of citizenship, Brazilian Romantism, Right to literature.

Abstract

The article examines the role of the Law School in the life and work of Antonio Candido. discusses what the Law School represented in his experience of citizenship and singles out the relevance for his activities as a literary critic of facets of Brazilian Romantism that emanated from the Law School. articulates how his formulation of the “right to literature” links Literature and Law.