Abstract

FERREIRA, Yvonélio Nery  and  CROZARA, Marília Simara. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVIL'S IMAGE IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A READING OF THE STORY "THE GOOD DEVIL" BY MONTEIRO LOBATO. Revista Teias [online]. 2018, vol.19, n.52, pp.274-287.  Epub Mar 10, 2020. ISSN 1982-0305.  https://doi.org/10.12957/teias.2018.33183.

In A Tales Nastácia, published in 1937, an anthology of popular comic stories narrated by the title character at the request of Pedrinho and the Emília doll, we can observe the intertwining of religious and folkloric, scientific and popular discourses. In this book, the black maid slips the folktales from the locals, who, with a critical and interpersonal posture, make the discursive relation of popular stories heard increasingly tense. By rescuing folklore and beliefs, Lobato seeks to demystify them. Thus, in the story "The Good Devil," the taming of evil and the relativization of goodness are compenetrated from the symmetry between Saint Michael and the Devil, leading us to think to what extent these feelings constitute the human being and Western society . We will try, therefore, to show how the religious and folkloric discourses are constituted in the children's story "The good devil", by Monteiro Lobato. For this, we will reflect on the formation of children's literature and on the construction of the imaginary of the figure of the devil in Western culture.

Keywords : Child Literature; Religious discourse; Brazilian culture; Monteiro Lobato.

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