French Language Contributions to Military Education in Brazil (1811–1880)

Fabio da Silva Pereira, Janiara de Lima Medeiros

(Salgado de Oliveira University (UNIVERSO), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Abstract: This paper aims to present the peculiarities of French language teaching and its political-military repercussions. Brazilian military education, since the colonial era, has received considerable influence from France in cultural and technical aspects, integrating the books and manuals of the curriculum. The selected methodology is exploratory research, through which the influence of military education in the formation of the elite will be observed and analyzed, with the use of the French language as a transdisciplinary axis. For this, we will make a historical-educational review, where the main characters and institutions need the knowledge obtained from academic-encyclopedic teaching. As a result, its results date back to a strong progressive movement that will shake Brazil’s own imperial structure.

Key words: military education, French language, historical-cultural influence