The eighteenth-century journal student production

Abstract

The research aims to map the students’ journal publications of the eighteenth century through an inventory carried out in the collection of the Brazilian Newspaper Digital Library. Thus, we asked about the production of student journals of the Imperial period in Brazil (1822-1889) in different geographical spaces of the country. To this end, after surveying the journals, we share a mapping with titles, locations, publication dates and numbers available in the collection. The investigation shows a trend of quantitative growth in the publication of journals by the student class, between 1840 and 1870, and the consolidation of this practice in 1880. It was a national student movement because the periodicals were published in the main provincial capitals according to incidences in inland regions. The titles analyzed show that many periodicals were products of literary associations and indicate a predilection for the production of literary newspapers. The mapping ratified the difficulty of students in maintaining these journals. Despite being numerous, journals had ephemeral publications and few had long duration.