Marcia Abreu holds a degree in literature from the University of Campinas (1984) and got her Ph.D. in Literary Theory at the same University (1993). She did postdoctoral work in Cultural History at the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1996-1997) with Roger Chartier and became full professor in Brazilian literature at UNICAMP in 2002. She teaches Literary History at UNICAMP and has coordinated several collective projects. Currently she coordinates the project "Effects of contact between hospitalized children and fictional narratives", funded by FAPESP and CNPq.She has published several works, among which stand out the books The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789 - 1914 (2017); The Cultural Revolution of the Nineteenth Century: Theatre, the Book-Trade and Reading in the Transatlantic World, ed. withAna Claudia Suriani da Silva (2016); Impresso no Brasil dois séculos de livros brasileiros, ed. with Aníbal Bragança (2010) book which won the Prize Jabuti 2011; Reading in colonial Brazil. In: SILVA VASCONCELOS (ed.). Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768 1930 (2014); The adventures of Telemachus in the Luso-Brazilian World". In: Schmitt-Maastricht; Stockhorst Ahn. Fénelon in the Enlightenment: traditions, adaptations, and variations (2014); Los caminos de los libros el tránsito delibrosentre Portugal y Brasil. (2014); Circulación de libros entre Europa y América (1769 1822). In: REESE FERNÁNDEZ-SALVADOR,. Autores y Actores del Mundo Colonial, (2009); La obligación de leer: las condiciones de lectura en los organismos de censura portugueses. In: Erebea Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. (2012); La libertad y el error: la acción de la censura luso-brasileña (1769-1834). In: Cultura escrita sociedade (2008); Censure et critique les réactions des premiers lecteurs de romans. In: Cahiers du Brésil Contemporain (2008). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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A team led by G. Brockington examined the impact of children's contact with fictional narratives on their physiological regulation and psychological functions, through the analysis of biomarkers (oxytocin and cortisol), psycholinguistic associations and pain scales. The results were an increase in oxytocin combined with a decrease in the level of cortisol in saliva after a 30-minute story…
The proposed book focuses on the process of the globalization of culture in the nineteenth century and analyzes this through the prism of the transatlantic diffusion of French, Brazilian, Portuguese and English cultures. In particular, it observes the circulation of printed matter, publishers, booksellers and actors between Europe and America. The essays in this collection have been devel…
This project will examine the circulation of books by French naturalists, their reception in journals and magazines published in Brazil and abroad, and read by a Brazilian audience. It also aims to critically compare the literary Amazonian fiction of the Brazilian Herculano Inglês de Souza (1852-1918) to the written accounts by a group of French travelers who visited the Brazilian Amazon …
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The present project is the result of the collective research entitled "Physiological Effects of Storytelling on Hospitalized Children," which has as its main researchers Márcia Abreu (IEL - Unicamp) and Guilherme Brockington (IDor) and is funded by Fapesp (process number 2022/05782-6). The research, which integrates professionals from the medical field and Literary Studies, seeks to inves…
Márcia Abreu and Guilherme Brockington are developing a research entitled "Results of hospitalized children's contact with fictional narratives", with funding from FAPESP (Process number 2022/05782-6). The project intends to identify possible correlations between children's narratives and biological markers, psycho-emotional responses and socioeconomic and cultural contexts of children. T…
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Previous studies, including the project Physiological Effects of Storytelling on Hospitalized Children , led by researchers Márcia Abreu (IEL - Unicamp) and Guilherme Brockington (UFABC), have demonstrated that exposure to fictional narratives yields positive outcomes for the overall well-being of hospitalized children. However, there is a lack of research investigating children's interes…
In 2021, Brockington's research demonstrated that storytelling alleviates pain and improves the well-being of hospitalized children, based on analyses of psycholinguistic tasks and biomarkers related to well-being (oxytocin) and stress (cortisol). Currently, Abreu and Brockington are analyzing whether socioeconomic and cultural contexts, the type of text, and the content of books influenc…
This project aims to find the books contained in the catalogues of libraries Princess Maria Francisca Benedita (1746-1829) and Queen Carlota Joaquina (1775-1830). Those documents were written in 1831 at the Biblioteca da Ajuda (Library of Ajuda) and contains an amount of data about the libraries of these women, namely: the titles, volume and issue date of the books. However, they have som…
This project aims to find and analyze books about organization of libraries in the nineteenth century available in Portuguese libraries. This research aims to contribute to a better comprehension of how public and private libraries were then formed. It will help to think about the constitution of Brazilian Imperial Family private library, which is been studied in the ongoing project "Os R…
This work is part of the thematic project of FAPESP "The transatlantic circulation of printed matter - the globalization of culture in the 19th century", which is linked to the international cooperation project, that has the same title as the thematic one, and whose managers are professor Márcia Abreu and professor Jean-Yves Mollier. This research aims to understand the process to create …
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