Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: In a Europe that questions itself politically, many have raised their voices on the spectre of the decline of democracies and the emergence of totalitarian temptations. Children’s literature is not ideologically neutral and certainly, through the modelling of realia, contains a series of possible worlds where alternatives are practiced and questioned that collectively construct a politically committed society, containing the values most appreciated by Humanity. In this study, we intend to discuss paradigmatic texts of Portuguese children’s literature, namely by an author actively committed to democracy, freedom and citizenship; António Torrado. In the works of António Torrado, through humour and sharp irony, messages and values are transmitted, giving us a view into their political beliefs.
Institutions: Universitat de Lleida, University of Évora, University of Minho
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2854091555