Abstract

RAFFAINI, Patricia Tavares. The shared writing: monteiro lobato, the little frog and the renovation of nature. child.philo [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.29, pp.93-107. ISSN 1984-5987.  https://doi.org/10.12957/childphilo.2018.30623.

Monteiro Lobato is still nowadays considered one of the most important authors of children's literature in our country. During the thirties and fourties of the twentieth century, when he was arguably the most read and admired author for children, he corresponded with countless readers from all over Brazil. Through the letters we perceive many aspects of how reading was done, the daily life of children and young people, their opinions about politics, but what this documentation reveals of most interesting to us is the reception of Lobato's work by his readership. More than that, the epistolographie with children and young people reveals how he was attentive to the reception of his work among them and also how he modified his narratives, having as collaborators his own readers. In this article we intend to analyze a specific set of letters that the writer received from a girl: Maria de Lourdes. The reader not only corresponded with Lobato but also gave so many suggestions for his work that she became one of the characters in the work Reforma da Natureza, where she helped throughout the narrative the character Emília as they modify animals, plants and insects of the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.

Keywords : reading history; childhood literature; Monteiro Lobato.

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