Discursive representation of children and youths readers inscribe in adaptations of the classic Don Quixote of La Mancha for Brazilian public

• Grant number: 16/02531-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2016
• End date: March 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Luzmara Curcino Ferreira
• Grantee: Jessica de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Reading adaptations of foreign-language literary classics is a common practice for students in primary and secondary schools across the globe. Such adaptations have been undertaken in Brazil since the 19th century. During the course of the past several decades, there have been significant changes in the concept of childhood and thus the profile of the juvenile reader. To assess their effect, this study will examine a corpus of works adapted from Miguel de Cervantes' classic Don Quixote de la Mancha for young Brazilian readers since the 1930s. It will compare the adaptations with the original work as well as with each other, using discourse analysis to assess the texts' formats and interpretations and applying Roger Chartier's conceptualization of cultural history pertaining to studies on reading and readers. (AU)