Starting with the assumption that it is possible to apprehend the formation of structures of feeling from literature, I make a case for the presence of two iconic moments for the interweaving of these with respect to their effects on the building of a sense of national identity in both Brazil and Mozambique. The first moment is the anti-colonial struggle in Africa starting in the 1940's. At this time there was a wave of Brazilian literature towards the countries colonized by the Portuguese, on which sailed a structure of feeling of harmonious mestizo. The second moment refers to a flow from Africa to Brazil where a structure of affirmative feeling, mature in the post-independence period of the former colonies influences, already in the 21st century, a feeling of sentiment emerging in Brazilian society, which we could call an africanized structure of feeling.
Structure of feeling; National identity; Literature; Africa; Mozambique; Brazil