Iracema is a work by the romantic writer from Ceará José de Alencar.
Published in 1865, it is an Indianist novel, with the presence of indigenous, mythological and historical elements.
Composed of 33 chapters, Iracema has great aesthetic and historical value. It is part of the trilogy written by writer José de Alencar: O Guarani, Ubirajara and Iracema.
This work tells the love story between the Indian woman Iracema and the European Martin Soares Moreno.
The novel begins because Martin was in charge of colonizing the region, now Ceará. It was there that he met "Iracema, the virgin with the honey lips".
The first chapter portrays the end of the story, when Martim and his son Moacir leave the lands of Ceará.
"Iracema's Characters
Iracema, Tabajara Indian, keeper of the secret of jurema, a hallucinogenic plant;
Martim, Portuguese colonizer, based on Martim Soares Moreno, the first Portuguese colonizer of Ceará;
Araquém, Tabajara shaman and father of Iracema;
Caubi, Tabajara warrior and brother of Iracema;
Irapuã, leader of the Tabajaras, Martim's main enemy;
Andira, old warrior, brother of Araquém;
Poti, Potiguara warrior and ally of Martim;
Jacaúna, chief of the Potiguaras;
Batuirité, wise old man, grandfather of Poti;
Moacir, son of Iracema and Martim;
Japi, Martim's dog."
