| O Uraguai | |
|---|---|
| by Basílio da Gama | |
 | |
| Written | 1769 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Subject(s) | Guaraní War |
| Genre(s) | Epic poem |
| Meter | Hendecasyllable |
| Rhyme scheme | Unrhymed |
| Lines | 1,377 |
 O Uraguai at Portuguese Wikisource | |
O Uraguai is a 1769 epic poem by writer Basílio da Gama set in what is today the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.[1][2] It is an unusually short poem by epic standards, consisting of 1,377 unrhymed hendecasyllabic lines in five cantos.
O Uraguai is set at the end of the Guaraní War (1754–1756) and focuses on the slavery of the Guarani people imposed by the Society of Jesus (represented by the priest Balda), which contradicted the Catholic Church's own order. The poem is a noted example of Arcadianism and Indianism in eighteenth-century Brazilian literature.
- ^ Santos, Tailane da Silva; Alvez, Lídia Maria Nazaré; de Azevedo, Ivete Monteiro (November 2016). "A REPRESENTAÇÃO DO ÍNDIO NA OBRA "O URAGUAI" DE BASÍLIO DA GAMA E NA OBRA "MACUNAÍMA" DE MÁRIO DE ANDRADE". Jornada de Iniciação Científica (in Portuguese): 4.
- ^ Versiani, Carlos (2016-03-31). "A representação arcádica do índio brasileiro : O Uraguai, de José Basílio da Gama". Amerika: Mémoires, identités, territoires (in Portuguese) (14). doi:10.4000/amerika.7266. ISSN 2107-0806.