Manifest is a textual genre that consists of a kind of formal, persuasive and public statement for the transmission of opinions, decisions, intentions and ideas.
Usually of a political nature, a manifesto has as its main objective to expose a certain point of view publicly or even to an individual or group of people.
In literature, the manifesto is including in the call gender argumentative, due to its nature of trying to convince the reader of the narrated discourse through arguments.
The manifesto is considered an important democratic tool, as it allows every individual to publicly express your point of view on a particular situation or issue, whether social, political, cultural or religious.
See also the meaning of persuasion.
Characteristics of a manifest
According to the standard, the manifests have a free structure, however they must have some characteristics:
- Title
- Problem identification
- Problem analysis
- Authors' arguments on the subject
- Presentation of supposed solutions
- Place, date and signature of all protesters
The language used in the manifest must be proportionate to the target audience for which it is intended. However, the use of slang and bad words (expletives) should be avoided.
Communist Manifesto
Originally called the “Communist Party Manifesto” (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, in German), this is a text created by the founders of scientific socialism Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first published on February 21, 1848.
With the Communist Manifesto, the world came to know the main ideals of communism. The text criticizes the capitalist social model and organization, classifying the bourgeoisie as the current oppressive class.
This manifesto was written during a period of great conflicts between the main European countries, known as the Spring of the Peoples or Revolutions of 1848.
Thanks to this movement, two important rights were achieved: reduction of the workday from twelve hours a day to ten, and the right to universal suffrage (although only for men).
Learn more about the meaning of Communism.
Anthropophagic Manifest
It was an avant-garde current that marked the first part of the Brazilian literary modernism, led by artists Oswald de Andrade (1890 – 1954) and Tarsila do Amaral (1886 – 1973).
The first publication of the Antropofágico Manifesto was on May 1, 1928, bringing with it the idea of restructuring national culture.
The main proposal of the Anthropophagic Manifesto was the consolidation of a genuinely Brazilian art.
The manifesto addressed the idea of “cultural anthropophagy”, a metaphor for the act of “ruminating” and “transfiguring” the art that arrives in Brazil from other countries, in order to endow it with a national character.
Find out more about the meaning of Modernism.
