An analysis about the illustrations and the theme of death in Harvey: how i became invisible
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2020v39p115Keywords:
Death, Illustration, Children’s literatureAbstract
Death is present in children’s literary texts, and although it is still considered a taboo for many, the number of works that use it as the central axis of the narrative has grown through the years, as well as, the number of illustrated books and the well-known picture books grow. On book pages, death takes on many faces, and in children’s literature, this is not different. In this relationship between text and image, this work emerged. Thus, we will analyze how illustrations collaborate to the construction of death’s representation in the book Harvey: How I Became Invisible written by Hervé Bouchard and Janice Nadeau (2012), emphasizing not just the very representation of death created from the narrative, but especially how images act both in the construction of texts and in the unfolding of their senses. Thus, we use as a theoretical contribution some renowned authors both in the context of children’s literature, as well as the theme of death and illustration. Among them, we list Oliveira (2008), Abramovich (2008), Ramos and Nunes (2013), Paiva (2011), Lotterman (2009), and Aguiar (2010).Downloads
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