Jornalistas e historiadores: diálogos e conflitos identitários a partir da obra 1808, de Laurentino Gomes

Abstract

Journalism and history are two fields that intersect in several aspects. In recent years, numerous situations have been witnessed in which professionals from both areas establish dialogues and conflicts based on the limits that the two forms of narrative should assume in their work. The texts of historians and journalists have characteristics that distinguish them. But can both be considered forms of knowledge? What is the existing boundary between these two fields of activity? To answer these initial questions of a doctoral research in communication, some reflections on this prominent theme in current discussions involving historians and journalists are presented. To this end, the analysis begins with the work 1808 - How a mad queen, a fearful prince and a corrupt court deceived Napoleon and changed the history of Portugal and Brazil, by the journalist Laurentino Gomes.