“Esta guerra é forte como a voz do próprio sangue, nela se joga o destino de nossa crença”: imprensa estudantil e a Segunda Guerra Mundial em Aracaju no Jornal A Voz do Estudante (1942- 1945)

Abstract

This ongoing research examines World War II in Aracaju, Sergipe, from a student perspective. Its main source is the student newspaper A Voz do Estudante (1942-1945), written by students of the Atheneu Sergipense, an educational institution located in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. Founded in 1870 and still in operation, the newspaper aims to investigate news related to World War II published in the newspaper A Voz do Estudante between 1942 and 1945, considering education as a mediating factor in the construction of these student narratives. This study focuses on the continuous editions of the newspaper, dating back to its association with the Clodomir Silva Literary Guild between 1942 and 1945, covering Brazil's participation in the war until its end in 1945, when there was a hiatus in its production and circulation. To better understand the topic, anchored in the theoretical assumptions of Cultural History, this study engages with Chartier's concepts of appropriation and representation (1990, 2002), school culture (JULIA, 2001), historical culture (LE GOFF, 1996), and political culture (GOMES, 1999). The printed material points to a silenced narrative and an unnarrated memory, which can be revisited through the practice of writing in the student newspaper. Thus, it is possible to understand how the worldviews of these social actors were represented and what worldviews penetrated the walls of the secondary school in Sergipe, consolidating a national education in an imaginary grounded in the experiences and impacts of the War on the lives of the generation that was formed there.