Abstract
This article analyzes the news reports written by the Portuguese novelist and journalist Eça de Queirós about the crisis in 1881-1882 that resulted in the bombing of Alexandria, Egypt, by a British fleet. First, following Barbie Zelizer, we examine the communication of this historical event by analyzing how the news reports covering the event were written, taking into account the literary form commonly used during the period. For Zelizer, figures could not be trusted, and the plot and storyline were preferable. Second, as proposed by Hallin and Mancini, we analyze media practices during the period and compare the practices of the British and Luso-Brazilian print media. Eça appropriated information broadcasts by British journalists and reformulated them for his readers, emphasizing the key issues that lurked beneath the events of 1881-1882. Third, we analyze how the Egyptian army and Colonel Arabi went from being demonized to a position of heroes in modern Egypt through reports by the Brazilian periodical Gazeta de Noticias that were published in 1882 in Rio de Janeiro and were considered the culmination of its journalistic activities.
Highlights
On July 11, 1882, the bombing by a British fleet that destroyed the port city of Alexandria, Egypt, was reported to the world as an exercise of legitimate reprisal against a nationalist government that was hostile to the international order and responsible for the anarchy prevailing in the country
A leading newspaper in the city, the Gazeta de Notícias, commissioned the famous Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) to deliver a set of news reports describing the events to the Brazilian audience
Eça de Queirós died in Paris in 1900
Summary
On July 11, 1882, the bombing by a British fleet that destroyed the port city of Alexandria, Egypt, was reported to the world as an exercise of legitimate reprisal against a nationalist government that was hostile to the international order and responsible for the anarchy prevailing in the country. We analyze how the Egyptian army and Colonel Arabi went from being demonized to a position of heroes in modern Egypt through reports by the Brazilian periodical Gazeta de Noticias that were published in 1882 in Rio de Janeiro and were considered the culmination of its journalistic activities.
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