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Searching for death: an analysis of The Story of a Mother, by Andersen / À procura da morte: uma análise sobre A história de uma
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Segabinazi, Daniela Maria Barbosa, Jaine De Sousa |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | It is known that the theme of death is discussed in many texts for adults and children, following different perspectives, which vary according to the context and the time in which they are produced. The theme of death is seen in the universe of children's and youth literature, especially in fairy tales, as they were considered the first texts intended for childhood in the seventeenth century. In this article, we will analyze how the construction and representation of death in Hans Christian Andersen's History of a Mother (2012) occurs. In the present narrative, a desperate mother looks for Death in order to recover her missing child. We will focus in this pursuit, paying attention to the details that mention not only the theme of death, but also the culture of the time when the text was written. For the construction of the paper, we read some studies and researches by authors such as Ariès (2012) and Coelho (2012) and traced a path about death in literature in general and in children's literature. More specifically, associating this trajectory to analysis of the text, which brings us death represented as a character and shows the plot of a mother facing a series of obstacles to find her son and to bring him back to life. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://revistas.ufcg.edu.br/ch/index.php/RLR/article/viewFile/1240/968 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
