Abstract

NAVES, Ludmila Magalhães  and  GOULART, Ilsa do Carmo Vieira. Between looking and reading: the photographic image present in children’s literature books. Rev. Educ. Questão [online]. 2023, vol.61, n.69, e-33196.  Epub Dec 19, 2023. ISSN 1981-1802.  https://doi.org/10.21680/1981-1802.2023v61n69id33196.

This text considers the image in children's literature books are texts capable of leading the young reader to a movement of dialogue and production of meanings. Given this, this article aims to analyze three different children's literature books that bring photography as art that composes the illustration, in order to reflect on the dimensions of narratives, aesthetic and literary present in such books and possibilities of working with illustrated narratives with the photography in educational practices. Opted for descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, based on the analysis of three children's books that bring photography as focus of illustration. As theoretical basis, the research was based on the studies of Sontag and Flusser on photography, Ramos on children's literature and Santaella on reading images. The study pointed out that photography associated with children's literature sharpens the eye, instigates the reading of images and favors the involvement of small readers.

Keywords : Photographic image; Children's literature; Visual literacy; Visual education.

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