A presença de personagens portuguesas no romance Maurício ou os paulistas em São João del-Rei de Bernardo Guimarães

There is a dialogue between foreign countries and Brazilian culture. In Brazil, the verbal art is a legacy of the European colonizers. Therefore, our initial literary manifestations are seen as resonances of the metropolis. Although such dialogue decreases after a greater influence of the French culture in the nineteenth-century, Brazil and Portugal remain partners. So, in this article, we approach the presence of Portuguese characters in the novel Maurício ou os paulistas em São João del-Rei, by the Brazilian romantic author Bernardo Guimarães.