Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:38:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 448437.pdf: 15159763 bytes, checksum: ffdd5f238b87fa08547837d610e66a88 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-15 / The present thesis consists in a study of the Rio-Grandense Academy of Letters, reviewing its history and production, based on Itamar Even-Zohar s polysystem theory. The material hereby analysed is based on primary sources originated by the Academy itself and focuses on data about the institution s history, membership, and periodical journal, which has been in circulation since 1910. This study uses the selected corpus to highlight the way in which this association comprises a literary system that serves as foundation for a larger one: the rio-grandense literary system / Esta tese estuda a Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras, resgatando sua hist?ria e produ??o, tendo como base a teoria dos polissistemas, de Itamar Even-Zohar. O material analisado baseia-se em fontes prim?rias origin?rias da pr?pria Academia e privilegia dados da hist?ria da institui??o, seu quadro social e o seu peri?dico que circula de 1910 at? a presente data. Atrav?s do corpus selecionado, o estudo evidencia como a agremia??o consiste em um sistema liter?rio que alicer?a outro maior: o sistema liter?rio rio-grandense