Abstract:
This article aims to discuss the social dilemmas experienced by migrants from the Brazilian northeast during the 1915 drought, based on the novel O quinze (1930), by Rachel de Queiroz. Our research is initially based on the Critical Theory of Law, a discipline open to dialogue with other areas of knowledge, such as History and Literature. We use comparative literature studies with a theoretical foundation, given that the aesthetic categories used by Queiroz are essential for understanding the social dramas of the characters. Therefore, the analysis will be divided into a discussion and historical-literary contextualization of the novel O quinze, a theoretical and legal analysis of the historical facts that surrounded the production of the named literary text and an opinion on the legal regulations and their social consequences on the migrants.
Keywords:
O quinze; law; literature