ERNESTO FARIA (1906-1962) AND LATIN GRAMMAR TRADITION IN BRAZIL

Resumo

Our objective is to discuss the linguistic ideas of Ernesto Faria (1906-1962), a prominent linguist and philologist in Brazil. Faria served as a Latin professor in the State of Rio de Janeiro and authored a considerable number of works on the Latin language and its pedagogy in this context. Among his most notable achievements are two publications he wrote at the peak of his career: Gramática Superior da Língua Latina (Superior Latin Grammar) from 1958 and Introdução à Didática do Latim (Introduction to Didactics of Latin) from 1959. Through these works, Faria delineated the history of Latin grammar in Brazil, a subject we will delve into within this article. We will explore this history through the lens of the concept of linguistic reception, as proposed by Cristina Altman (2018).