Carl Winter: um alemão em Santa Fé

Abstract

This study investigates the representation of the German immigrant in Rio Grande do Sul in O Continente (1949), by Erico Verissimo. For that, analyses the narrative resources used by the writer in the construction the imaginary personage and approaches the importance of the literal text to propose a perspective of historical process. The research presents a interdisciplinary discussion of question History and Literature, admitting theoretician contributions of Sociology and Anthropology.