Historical synthesis and marxism in the work of Emilia Viotti da Costa between the 1960's and the 1980's

Resumo

The research proposed intends to analyse the trajectory of historian Emilia Viotti da Costa from the perspective of history of historiography and theory of Brazilian history. Therefore the analysis is based on two of the author’s works from the decades of 1960/1970: “Da senzala à colônia”,1966; “Da monarquia a república”, 1977; that approach historical synthesis within the works of Emília Viotti da Costa, a relevant author when it comes to discussions about historiography and about slavery and the shaping of Brazil’s Republic.