Luís Camargo e a literatura infantil na coleção Maneco Caneco

Abstract

This study has as its objective to analyze a corpus of a children's literature production by the writer Luís Camargo - the book “Maneco Caneco Chapéu de Funil” (Funnel Hat Maneco Caneco) from Maneco Caneco Collection (2007) - by descriptive and interpretative analysis, narrative operators, more specifically - character and space - for the effect of meaning in the book of the collection. In this aspect, it can be observed if the book from Camargo Collection presents emancipator character, aesthetics quality due to its fictional organization. In this process, theoretical considerations were made through studies about children's literature since its emergence extending until the present days, aiming contextualize the literary production of Luis Camargo. Through the analyzes done, it was verified that the book “Maneco Caneco Chapéu de Funil” from Maneco Caneco Collection has aesthetic quality with emancipatory character, since the book has organization and structure that provides the interaction between text and reader. Moreover, a survey was made about the life and work of Camargo and the literary production was organized, through state of the art with the invoice of texts, books, articles and studies made by Camargo and critical texts written about him. With the studies, it was found that Luis Camargo is presents multiples facets, which play several roles, being not just a writer, but illustrator, editor, teacher, adapter of fables and translator, also a scholar and researcher of children's literature. It is believed that the research can contribute to the enlargement and reflections of studies and researches on the literary genre as well as for the profile construction of the writer Luís Camargo.