Um Brasil de várias línguas : professores, tradutores da praça e intérpretes da nação (1808-1828)

Abstract

This Dissertation has as its objective a study of the historical-political-educational and linguistic aspects of the institutionalization of teaching foreign languages in Brazil. We consider, first, that the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to the country in 1808, under the protection of the British and the declaration of opening of ports to ships and foreign trade sparked a series of imperial decisions that marked the entry of that language in the context of the Brazilian education. The text, in its second stage, adjusts the focus on the codices of the National Archives, whose documentary examination drew some inferences to an analysis of the institutionalization process of the Teacher, Commerce Translator and the Interpreter of the Nation. As such, the design of the Dissertation sought to sketch a map of the foreign language teaching, and specifically the translation of written text and oral interpretation in English within the time frame of 1808-1828. The results of the survey in Rio de Janeiro National Archives (AN / RJ) are representative of the larger effort to improve the understanding and analysis aimed to rebuild a relevant stage in the midst of the development of the Brazilian educational process. This research exposes the techniques developed in the Activity Report at the N.A, and notes on other complementary activities at the PUC (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) and CRB (Casa de Rui Barbosa).