Adaptação, uma leitura possível: um estudo de Dom Quixote das crianças, de Monteiro Lobato

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of Monteiro Lobato's Dom Quixote das Crianças (1936). Is intended to observe and indicate the resources utilized by Lobato (1882-1948) when adapting Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's classic Dom Quixote (1605;1615) to the Brazilian children's public. Operating comparatively, this study was developed in three stages. The first one regards to the adaptation concept and its role in Brazilian children's literature, based on texts by Lauro Maia Amorim, Regina Zilberman, Marisa Lajolo and Nelly Novaes Coelho. The second one uses the theoretical instruction indicated by Regina Zilberman, to describe the angles of adaptation in order to identify alterations in relation to the original text. The last part encloses a reflection about Lobato's appropriation in Cervante's narrative structure, as well as appointing the concern from both authors with regard to the text reception. This considerations result from approach of Maria Augusta Vieira and Socorro Acioli's studies about Dom Quixote das Crianças.