Abstract

SILVA, Rita de Cácia Oenning da. More than just telling tales: narrative, self-production and gender in film production with small children. Perspectiva [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.3, pp.1069-1088. ISSN 2175-795X.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2015v33n3p1069.

Through an analysis of the narrative performances of the tale "Little Red Riding Hood" by three small children (2 to 4 years old) in front of the video camera, the article presents and discusses the way these narratives both express and produce the world and the narrator individuals themselves. As they vary the narrative form, the plot, and the characters, these children's performances reveal how they understand and catalyze relations with their peers (especially subverting gender relations), with other beings (imaginary or not), and with narrative genre. The analysis indicates how, through these narratives, they test the possibilities of beings, of interaction, and of language, opening a range of possibilities for an aesthetic of self. Based on an extensive background of film production with children, we point out the philosophical aspects of this production, showing how the performative and creative capacity of children opens a space where they represent themselves. Narrating for the camera or for an audience, these children turn themselves into social subjects, thus producing themselves and the world.

Keywords : First Childhood; Narrative; Gender.

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