Literary journalism about international travel: a panorama of the brazilian scenario

Abstract

One of the oldest literary genres is the travel narrative. Just as journalists, especially those who practiced the style that became known as New Journalism, brought techniques and methods from the fictional novel to produce the book reports, the human traffic narratives also gained space within what is now called Literary Journalism. Thus, the present research shares the mapping done presenting the scenario of Brazilian journalists reporting international travel in book format. This survey, which integrates the project Literary Journey Journalism: Narratives of Journalists Transiting the World, was made from Content Analysis, Bardin (2011) and Hercovitz (2007). The theoretical basis is based mainly on the premises of Martinez (2016) and Lima (2004). In total, 60 works of this kind were produced by 35 journalist-traveling writers.