A literatura infantil no Brasil: possibilidades formativas?

Abstract

This article approaches issues related to children’s literature and its formative possibities, aiming to question the contradictions which were already present in the historical origin of this genre: its literary claim, its links to education, its authoritarian vocation, its condition as merchandise and its possibilities for formation, humanization and emancipation. According to Marisa Lajolo, Regina Zilberman and Lígia Cademartóri Magalhães, authors whose work support the discussion held here, children’s literature can contribute to a formation that focuses on autonomy as long as it is in fact a literary construction.