Resumo

CABRAL, Gladir da Silva  e  OLIVEIRA, Eloisa da Rosa. A Mala de Hana e a Boneca Viajante: história, narração e literatura infantil. Perspectiva [online]. 2012, vol.30, n.03, pp.891-907. ISSN 0102-5473.

Considering the ideas from two fundamental texts by Walter Benjamin, “The Narrator” and “On the Concept of History,” we propose a reading of Kafka e a Boneca Viajante, by Jordi Sierra e Fabra, and A Mala de Hana: uma história real, by Karen Levine. In each book we evaluate the importance of the function of the narrator, the concept of history, the issue of cultural identity and the representation of childhood. We observed that the exercise of narrative can still be found as a way to resist social oppression and violence and as a strategy to reconstruct memory and subjectivity. At the same time, it was clear how these narratives function as instruments of representation and elaboration of cultural identity. The two books also appear to confirm the concept that children produce culture and, therefore, make an important contribution to the understanding of society and history.

Palavras-chave : Children’s literature; History; Narrative.

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