Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:12:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007- Thais Coutinho-01.pdf: 105811 bytes, checksum: b78a7e6720ca2a3a06eafdd2d6576bf7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-04 / This dissertation focuses on how rural world and the caipira are portrayed in Mauricio de Sousa's work. Through the analysis of the comics about the character named Chico Bento that are published in magazines, the work shows how the rural world is connected with the sense of the national , and how Chuck Billy's stories are characterized by the idea of conservation and by a prescriptive logic. / A presente disserta??o aborda como o mundo rural e o caipira s?o vistos na obra de Mauricio de Sousa. Atrav?s da an?lise dos quadrinhos de Chico Bento veiculados em revistas, o trabalho destaca como o mundo rural relaciona-se com o nacional, e como as hist?rias deste personagem s?o marcadas pela id?ia de preserva??o e por uma l?gica normatizadora.