This dissertation examines detective novels for children and young adults written and published in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The aim of the thesis is to study how the genre developed under the conditions of a socialist society. The analysis of the 66 texts included in the corpus is based on a socio-historical approach assuming that dialogical interdependencies between texts and society exist and can be verified. Central to the analytical work with the texts is the thesis that detective novels written for young readers reflect the socio-political development in East-German society. It shows, however, that—because of their strong didactic impetus—the texts did generally not, like detective novels for adults, develop into a forum for socio-critical discussions. In the diachronic development, which extends from the beginning in the Soviet occupation zone to the post-reunification period, it is shown that changing socio-political conditions interact with the texts, which becomes particularly obvious in the changing presentation of the detectives and criminals. Studying the texts, the dissertation presents basic research and an overview of the genre. Ten texts from the corpus are subject to a detailed analysis in order to deepen the general insights with examples. This way, different aspects of detective novels for children and young adults in the GDR are emphasized, e.g. the interaction between text and illustration. The embedding of figures in a socialist community produces further motives frequently occurring in the texts such as: the Heimat motive or the anti-fascist society. Although the majority of the texts do not go beyond stereotypical representations of characters, criminal cases, and locations—and hence demonstrate the close link between (normative) ideas of society and their literary implementation—the body of texts contains some innovative exceptions in which the social development is questioned and even cautiously criticized.

Cette recherche vise à décrire l’évolution des conceptions et des pratiques relatives à la notion de phrase de cinq enseignantes de français vietnamiennes engagées dans une formation sur la syntaxe en grammaire nouvelle et la littérature de jeunesse. Afin d’examiner l’évolution des conceptions sur la phrase des enseignantes, nous avons effectué deux entrevues semi-dirigées, l’une avant et l’autre après la formation. Pour étudier l’évolution des pratiques d’enseignement de la phrase, nous avons observé une seule enseignante à deux reprises après la formation. De plus, celle-ci a décrit ses pratiques sur la phrase lors d’une entrevue téléphonique qui se déroulait à la fin de chaque mois (novembre 2011- mars 2012). Nos résultats montrent que les enseignantes ont changé leurs conceptions sur la phrase à la suite de la formation. En effet, dans la deuxième entrevue, nous avons noté une meilleure réussite dans l’identification des phrases, des critères d’identification plus convaincants, plus de précision dans les commentaires relatifs aux définitions et dans les explications des erreurs chez les cinq enseignantes. Quant aux pratiques, l’enseignante suivie a réalisé des activités autour de la phrase après la formation, ce qui constitue une évolution dans ses pratiques, puisqu’avant la formation, cette notion était négligée. Ses pratiques observées et déclarées indiquent qu’elle a intégré dans sa classe les notions clés de la grammaire nouvelle autour de la phrase et la littérature de jeunesse au service de l’enseignement de cette notion. / This research aims to describe the evolution of conceptions and teaching practices related to the notion of sentence of five Vietnamese French teachers involved in a training program about syntax in new grammar and children’s literature. To examine the evolution of teachers’ conceptions of sentence, we conducted two semi-structured interviews, one before and one after the training program. To study the evolution of teaching practices on sentence, we observed only one teacher after training. In addition, she described her practices on sentence in a telephone interview that took place at the end of each month (November 2011-March 2012). Our results indicate that teachers changed their conceptions on sentence. Indeed, in the second interview, we observed for the five teachers better results in identifying sentences, most convincing identification criteria, improved accuracy in the comments relative to the definitions and in explanations of errors. As far as practices are concerned, the teacher we followed has completed activities on sentence after training, which constitutes an improvement in practices since before training, this concept was neglected. Her observed and reported practices indicate that she has integrated in her class the key concepts of new grammar concerning the sentence and children’s literature in teaching this concept.

Le présent travail analyse une perspective de lecture dans le processus éducatif à partir d’une approche sémiotique pour des textes constitués de différents langages, ainsi que l’importance de la médiation didactique-pédagogique pour la formation du lecteur. L’hypothèse formulée est que l’apprentissage des processus de lecture de ce type de texte – l’accent étant mis sur la nature syncrétique de ces processus – se produit de manière rudimentaire, spontanée et non systématique, en particulier sur le rôle de l’image présent dans l’univers de la communication verbale écrite. Dès le début de la scolarisation, les élèves entrent en contact avec de nombreux objets culturels et textes présentant ces caractéristiques. Toutefois, il n’existe pas de processus systématique de médiation pour construire une lecture qui articule ces langages. La recherche sur ces entrelacements s’effectue à travers un corpus composé de trois ouvrages brésiliens de littérature infantile: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [En bouche close n’entre mouche] de Fátima Miguez et illustrée par Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Allant je ne sais où chercher je ne sais quoi] écrit et illustré par Angela Lago (2000); Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Ah, petit oiseau, si je pouvais...], écrit par Ana Maria Machado et illustré par Graça Lima (2003). L’étude se base sur des apports théoricométhodologiques d’études sémiotiques, et plus spécifiquement sur celles d’Algirdas Julien Greimas et de Jean-Marie Floch. L’analyse qualitative des textes fait le relevé des stratégies et des interfaces entre plans d’expression et de contenu des langages présents. L’imbrication de systèmes s’opère dans la relation sémantique intra- et intertextuelle dans des récurrences et oppositions. L’articulation est identifiée dans l’homologation de contenus manifestes entre la visualité et les éléments linguistiques, tels que les répétitions, les alternances, les contrastes d’éléments eidétiques, chromatiques et topologiques (lignes, formes, couleurs, espaces, composition), les répétitions (phoniques, lexicales et syntaxiques) et les jeux de mots. Le travail en conclut que: les processus de syncrétisation produisent des effets de sens qui doivent être appréhendés dans la situation de lecture. La contribution de cette recherche au champ de connaissance éducationnel repose sur le fait qu’elle prend en compte la lecture du livre infantile dans l’interrelation entre le mot et l’image, dans les différentes dimensions qui constituent le livre dans son ensemble. D’autre part, elle montre que la rencontre entre les univers de l’art et de la littérature favorise la formation du lecteur, la modalisation de la pensée ajoutée aux processus d’humanisation de connaître et se connaître, dans un caractère émancipateur d’un sujet compétent. L’action médiatrice des enseignants est légitimée lorsqu’elle est marquée par l’expansion du concept de lecture, par la connaissance de la nature des différents langages constituant le texte – en particulier verbaux et visuels – et par la pratique de stratégies qualifiées de dialogue, qui provoquent des attitudes responsives des élèves. Dans cette perspective, la formation première des enseignants et de l’école peuvent investir dans un plus grand développement des lecteurs et, en conséquence, de la société, en reliant aux processus éducatifs l’approfondissement de l’univers de langages et une expérience englobante de la diversité de textes contemporains en tant qu’objets de lecture. / Este trabalho discute uma perspectiva de leitura no processo educativo, a partir de uma abordagem semiótica para textos constituídos por diferentes linguagens e a importância da mediação didático-pedagógica para a formação do leitor. A pressuposição trabalhada na tese é a de que a aprendizagem dos processos de leitura desse tipo de texto ocorre de forma rudimentar e espontânea, sem se efetivar de modo sistemático, quando se focaliza a natureza sincrética dos mesmos, principalmente sobre o papel da imagem que se faz presente no universo da comunicação verbal escrita. Desde o início da escolarização os estudantes entram em contato com muitos objetos culturais e textos com essas características. Porém, não há um processo sistemático de mediação para a construção de uma leitura que articule essas linguagens. O recorte para investigar a ocorrência desses entrelaçamentos, neste trabalho, focaliza três obras nacionais de literatura infantil “Em boca fechada não entra mosca”, de autoria de Fátima Miguez e ilustrada por Graça Lima (1999), “Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê”, escrita e ilustrada por Angela Lago (2000) e “Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...”, escrita por Ana Maria Machado e ilustrada por Graça Lima (2003), e utiliza contribuições teóricometodológicas de estudos semióticos, principalmente as de Algirdas Julien Greimas e Jean-Marie Floch. A análise qualitativa dos textos faz o levantamento de estratégias e de interfaces entre planos de expressão e de conteúdo das linguagens ali presentes. O enlace de sistemas ocorre na relação semântica intra e extratextual em recorrências e oposições. A articulação é identificada na homologação de conteúdos manifestos entre a visualidade e os elementos lingüísticos, tais como repetições, alternâncias, contrastes de elementos eidéticos, cromáticos e topológicos (linhas, formas, cores, espaços, composição), reiterações (fônicas, lexicais e sintáticas) e jogos de palavras. Conclui-se que os processos de sincretização produzem efeitos de sentido a serem apreendidos na situação de leitura; que este estudo contribui para a pesquisa educacional ao contemplar a leitura de livros infantis como uma interrelação entre palavras e imagens sob vários aspectos que subjazem ao texto como um todo. Além disso, mostra também que a interface entre o mundo da arte e da literatura permite desenvolver a competência do leitor, bem como de seus pensamentos, além de humanizar o conhecimento e autoconhecimento de um sujeito proficiente de maneira emancipadora. A atuação mediadora dos docentes se legitima, quando marcada pela expansão do conceito de leitura, pelo conhecimento da natureza das diferentes linguagens que constituem o texto, principalmente as verbais e visuais e pela prática de estratégias qualificadas de diálogo, as quais são provocadoras de atitudes responsivas dos alunos. Nessa perspectiva, os cursos de formação inicial de docentes e a escola podem investir em um maior desenvolvimento dos leitores e, conseqüentemente, da sociedade, vinculando aos processos educativos o aprofundamento do universo de linguagens e uma experiência abrangente com a diversidade de textos contemporâneos, como objetos de leitura. / The present study assesses a reading perspective in the educational process through a semiotic approach to texts involving different types of language, and also analyzes the important role of academic and pedagogical mediation in the development of the reader. The assumption is that learning of processes for the reading of these types of texts, with focus on a syncretic nature, is rudimentary and spontaneous, rather than systematic, especially with regard to the role of image found within the universe of written verbal communication. From the very first days of school, learners come in contact with several cultural objects and texts with such characteristics. However, there is no systematic mediation process that allows for a reading strategy which addresses these types of language. The occurrence of this intertexture is investigated through the analysis of three Brazilian children’s literature books: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [A closed mouth catches no flies] written by Fátima Miguez and illustrated by Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Going I don’t know where to get I don’t know what], written and illustrated by Angela Lago (2000) and Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Oh dear wren, if I could only...] written by Ana Maria Machado and illustrated by Graça Lima (2003). The theoretical and methodological background for this investigation is provided by semiotic studies, mainly those by Algirdas Julien Greimas and by Jean- Marie Floch. The qualitative analysis of the texts seeks to determine the strategies and interfaces between the expression and content of the languages used in these texts. The interweaving of systems occurs at the level of intratextual and extratextual semantic relations through recurrences and oppositions. This relationship is observed in the ratification of contents contemplated between visuality and linguistic elements, such as repetitions, alternations, contrasts of eidetic, chromatic, and topological elements (lines, forms, colors, spaces, composition), phonic, lexical, and syntactic recurrences and play on words (puns). In conclusion, the syncretization processes produce effects of meaning that need to be learned through reading. This study contributes towards educational research by contemplating the reading of children’s books as an interplay between words and images under the various aspects that underlie the text as a whole. Moreover, it also shows that the interface between the world of art and of literature allows developing the reader’s competence as well as his/her thoughts, in addition to humanizing the knowledge and self-knowledge of a proficient subject in an emancipatory manner. The mediating role of teachers is acknowledged, when it is marked by expansion of the concept of reading, by the knowledge of the nature of the different languages built into the text, especially verbal and visual ones, and by the practice of appropriate dialog strategies, which encourage students’ responsiveness. From this perspective, qualified teachers and school can further the development of readers and, consequently, of society as well, by incorporating an in-depth understanding of the universe of languages and comprehensive experience regarding the wide variety of contemporaneous texts as objects of reading into educational processes.

Le présent travail analyse une perspective de lecture dans le processus éducatif à partir d’une approche sémiotique pour des textes constitués de différents langages, ainsi que l’importance de la médiation didactique-pédagogique pour la formation du lecteur. L’hypothèse formulée est que l’apprentissage des processus de lecture de ce type de texte – l’accent étant mis sur la nature syncrétique de ces processus – se produit de manière rudimentaire, spontanée et non systématique, en particulier sur le rôle de l’image présent dans l’univers de la communication verbale écrite. Dès le début de la scolarisation, les élèves entrent en contact avec de nombreux objets culturels et textes présentant ces caractéristiques. Toutefois, il n’existe pas de processus systématique de médiation pour construire une lecture qui articule ces langages. La recherche sur ces entrelacements s’effectue à travers un corpus composé de trois ouvrages brésiliens de littérature infantile: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [En bouche close n’entre mouche] de Fátima Miguez et illustrée par Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Allant je ne sais où chercher je ne sais quoi] écrit et illustré par Angela Lago (2000); Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Ah, petit oiseau, si je pouvais...], écrit par Ana Maria Machado et illustré par Graça Lima (2003). L’étude se base sur des apports théoricométhodologiques d’études sémiotiques, et plus spécifiquement sur celles d’Algirdas Julien Greimas et de Jean-Marie Floch. L’analyse qualitative des textes fait le relevé des stratégies et des interfaces entre plans d’expression et de contenu des langages présents. L’imbrication de systèmes s’opère dans la relation sémantique intra- et intertextuelle dans des récurrences et oppositions. L’articulation est identifiée dans l’homologation de contenus manifestes entre la visualité et les éléments linguistiques, tels que les répétitions, les alternances, les contrastes d’éléments eidétiques, chromatiques et topologiques (lignes, formes, couleurs, espaces, composition), les répétitions (phoniques, lexicales et syntaxiques) et les jeux de mots. Le travail en conclut que: les processus de syncrétisation produisent des effets de sens qui doivent être appréhendés dans la situation de lecture. La contribution de cette recherche au champ de connaissance éducationnel repose sur le fait qu’elle prend en compte la lecture du livre infantile dans l’interrelation entre le mot et l’image, dans les différentes dimensions qui constituent le livre dans son ensemble. D’autre part, elle montre que la rencontre entre les univers de l’art et de la littérature favorise la formation du lecteur, la modalisation de la pensée ajoutée aux processus d’humanisation de connaître et se connaître, dans un caractère émancipateur d’un sujet compétent. L’action médiatrice des enseignants est légitimée lorsqu’elle est marquée par l’expansion du concept de lecture, par la connaissance de la nature des différents langages constituant le texte – en particulier verbaux et visuels – et par la pratique de stratégies qualifiées de dialogue, qui provoquent des attitudes responsives des élèves. Dans cette perspective, la formation première des enseignants et de l’école peuvent investir dans un plus grand développement des lecteurs et, en conséquence, de la société, en reliant aux processus éducatifs l’approfondissement de l’univers de langages et une expérience englobante de la diversité de textes contemporains en tant qu’objets de lecture. / Este trabalho discute uma perspectiva de leitura no processo educativo, a partir de uma abordagem semiótica para textos constituídos por diferentes linguagens e a importância da mediação didático-pedagógica para a formação do leitor. A pressuposição trabalhada na tese é a de que a aprendizagem dos processos de leitura desse tipo de texto ocorre de forma rudimentar e espontânea, sem se efetivar de modo sistemático, quando se focaliza a natureza sincrética dos mesmos, principalmente sobre o papel da imagem que se faz presente no universo da comunicação verbal escrita. Desde o início da escolarização os estudantes entram em contato com muitos objetos culturais e textos com essas características. Porém, não há um processo sistemático de mediação para a construção de uma leitura que articule essas linguagens. O recorte para investigar a ocorrência desses entrelaçamentos, neste trabalho, focaliza três obras nacionais de literatura infantil “Em boca fechada não entra mosca”, de autoria de Fátima Miguez e ilustrada por Graça Lima (1999), “Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê”, escrita e ilustrada por Angela Lago (2000) e “Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...”, escrita por Ana Maria Machado e ilustrada por Graça Lima (2003), e utiliza contribuições teóricometodológicas de estudos semióticos, principalmente as de Algirdas Julien Greimas e Jean-Marie Floch. A análise qualitativa dos textos faz o levantamento de estratégias e de interfaces entre planos de expressão e de conteúdo das linguagens ali presentes. O enlace de sistemas ocorre na relação semântica intra e extratextual em recorrências e oposições. A articulação é identificada na homologação de conteúdos manifestos entre a visualidade e os elementos lingüísticos, tais como repetições, alternâncias, contrastes de elementos eidéticos, cromáticos e topológicos (linhas, formas, cores, espaços, composição), reiterações (fônicas, lexicais e sintáticas) e jogos de palavras. Conclui-se que os processos de sincretização produzem efeitos de sentido a serem apreendidos na situação de leitura; que este estudo contribui para a pesquisa educacional ao contemplar a leitura de livros infantis como uma interrelação entre palavras e imagens sob vários aspectos que subjazem ao texto como um todo. Além disso, mostra também que a interface entre o mundo da arte e da literatura permite desenvolver a competência do leitor, bem como de seus pensamentos, além de humanizar o conhecimento e autoconhecimento de um sujeito proficiente de maneira emancipadora. A atuação mediadora dos docentes se legitima, quando marcada pela expansão do conceito de leitura, pelo conhecimento da natureza das diferentes linguagens que constituem o texto, principalmente as verbais e visuais e pela prática de estratégias qualificadas de diálogo, as quais são provocadoras de atitudes responsivas dos alunos. Nessa perspectiva, os cursos de formação inicial de docentes e a escola podem investir em um maior desenvolvimento dos leitores e, conseqüentemente, da sociedade, vinculando aos processos educativos o aprofundamento do universo de linguagens e uma experiência abrangente com a diversidade de textos contemporâneos, como objetos de leitura. / The present study assesses a reading perspective in the educational process through a semiotic approach to texts involving different types of language, and also analyzes the important role of academic and pedagogical mediation in the development of the reader. The assumption is that learning of processes for the reading of these types of texts, with focus on a syncretic nature, is rudimentary and spontaneous, rather than systematic, especially with regard to the role of image found within the universe of written verbal communication. From the very first days of school, learners come in contact with several cultural objects and texts with such characteristics. However, there is no systematic mediation process that allows for a reading strategy which addresses these types of language. The occurrence of this intertexture is investigated through the analysis of three Brazilian children’s literature books: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [A closed mouth catches no flies] written by Fátima Miguez and illustrated by Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Going I don’t know where to get I don’t know what], written and illustrated by Angela Lago (2000) and Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Oh dear wren, if I could only...] written by Ana Maria Machado and illustrated by Graça Lima (2003). The theoretical and methodological background for this investigation is provided by semiotic studies, mainly those by Algirdas Julien Greimas and by Jean- Marie Floch. The qualitative analysis of the texts seeks to determine the strategies and interfaces between the expression and content of the languages used in these texts. The interweaving of systems occurs at the level of intratextual and extratextual semantic relations through recurrences and oppositions. This relationship is observed in the ratification of contents contemplated between visuality and linguistic elements, such as repetitions, alternations, contrasts of eidetic, chromatic, and topological elements (lines, forms, colors, spaces, composition), phonic, lexical, and syntactic recurrences and play on words (puns). In conclusion, the syncretization processes produce effects of meaning that need to be learned through reading. This study contributes towards educational research by contemplating the reading of children’s books as an interplay between words and images under the various aspects that underlie the text as a whole. Moreover, it also shows that the interface between the world of art and of literature allows developing the reader’s competence as well as his/her thoughts, in addition to humanizing the knowledge and self-knowledge of a proficient subject in an emancipatory manner. The mediating role of teachers is acknowledged, when it is marked by expansion of the concept of reading, by the knowledge of the nature of the different languages built into the text, especially verbal and visual ones, and by the practice of appropriate dialog strategies, which encourage students’ responsiveness. From this perspective, qualified teachers and school can further the development of readers and, consequently, of society as well, by incorporating an in-depth understanding of the universe of languages and comprehensive experience regarding the wide variety of contemporaneous texts as objects of reading into educational processes.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-12-13Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:57:15Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_fr_me_mar.pdf: 908003 bytes, checksum: 128ce305fa988f4232ce018949670108 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Nesta dissertação de mestrado, apresentam-se resultados de pesquisa vinculada às linhas “Literatura infantil e juvenil” e “Formação de professores” do Grupo de Pesquisa e dos Projetos Integrados de Pesquisa “História do Ensino de Língua e Literatura no Brasil” “Bibliografia brasileira sobre história do ensino de língua e literatura no Brasil (2003-2011) (CNPq), todos coordenados por Maria do Rosário Longo Mortatti. Com o objetivo de contribuir para a produção de uma história do ensino de língua e literatura no Brasil e contribuir para a compreensão da história da formação de professores e do ensino da literatura infantil no Brasil, enfoca-se, neste texto, a proposta para o ensino da literatura infantil apresentada em Compêndio de literatura infantil: para o 3º. ano normal (1959), de Bárbara Vasconcelos de Carvalho (1915-2008), publicado pela Companhia Editora Nacional (SP). Mediante abordagem histórica, centrada em pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, desenvolvida por meio dos procedimentos de localização, recuperação, reunião, seleção e ordenação de fontes documentais e leitura de bibliografia especializada, elaborou-se instrumento de pesquisa contendo a bibliografia de e sobre Bárbara Vasconcelos de Carvalho e analisou-se a configuração textual desse manual de ensino, a qual consistiu em enfocar os diferentes aspectos constitutivos de seu sentido. Essa análise possibilitou concluir que, nesse manual, encontra-se um conjunto de saberes relativos à literatura infantil considerados necessários para a formação do professor primário, no momento histórico em que foi publicado e utilizado; esses saberes foram sendo gradativamente estruturados de acordo com os programas oficiais de ensino, contribuindo para a constituição da literatura infantil como disciplina dos cursos de formação de professores primários no Brasil / In this master dissertation, are presented the results of a research linked to the lines “Children’s and juvenile literature” and “Teacher education”, from the Research Group and Integrated Research Projects “History of Teaching Language and Literature in Brazil” and “Brazilian Bibliography about Teaching Language and Literature in Brazil (2003-2011)” (CNPq), all coordinated by Maria do Rosário Longo Mortatti. In order to contribute for de production of a history of teaching language and literature and to contribute for comprehension the history of teacher education and the history of teaching children’s literature, it is focalized the proposal for the teaching children’s literature presented in Compêndio de literatura infantile: para o 3°. ano normal, by Bárbara Vasconcelos de Carvalho (1915-2008), and published by Companhia Editora Nacional (SP). By means, historical approach, focusing on documentary and bibliographical research, using procedures such as locating, recovering, assembling, selecting and ordering documentary sources, it was elaborated a research guide that contains textual references of Bárbara V. de Carvalho and about her, and it was analyzed the textual configuration of this teaching manual, which was to focus on different aspects that make up its meaning. The results from this analysis have led to comprise that this teaching manual have a set of knowledge related to children’s literature considered necessary to the elementary teacher education, that it was gradually structured according to the official programs of teaching, contributing to the constitution of children’s literature as school subjects on elementary teacher education courses in Brazil

Le présent travail analyse une perspective de lecture dans le processus éducatif à partir d’une approche sémiotique pour des textes constitués de différents langages, ainsi que l’importance de la médiation didactique-pédagogique pour la formation du lecteur. L’hypothèse formulée est que l’apprentissage des processus de lecture de ce type de texte – l’accent étant mis sur la nature syncrétique de ces processus – se produit de manière rudimentaire, spontanée et non systématique, en particulier sur le rôle de l’image présent dans l’univers de la communication verbale écrite. Dès le début de la scolarisation, les élèves entrent en contact avec de nombreux objets culturels et textes présentant ces caractéristiques. Toutefois, il n’existe pas de processus systématique de médiation pour construire une lecture qui articule ces langages. La recherche sur ces entrelacements s’effectue à travers un corpus composé de trois ouvrages brésiliens de littérature infantile: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [En bouche close n’entre mouche] de Fátima Miguez et illustrée par Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Allant je ne sais où chercher je ne sais quoi] écrit et illustré par Angela Lago (2000); Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Ah, petit oiseau, si je pouvais...], écrit par Ana Maria Machado et illustré par Graça Lima (2003). L’étude se base sur des apports théoricométhodologiques d’études sémiotiques, et plus spécifiquement sur celles d’Algirdas Julien Greimas et de Jean-Marie Floch. L’analyse qualitative des textes fait le relevé des stratégies et des interfaces entre plans d’expression et de contenu des langages présents. L’imbrication de systèmes s’opère dans la relation sémantique intra- et intertextuelle dans des récurrences et oppositions. L’articulation est identifiée dans l’homologation de contenus manifestes entre la visualité et les éléments linguistiques, tels que les répétitions, les alternances, les contrastes d’éléments eidétiques, chromatiques et topologiques (lignes, formes, couleurs, espaces, composition), les répétitions (phoniques, lexicales et syntaxiques) et les jeux de mots. Le travail en conclut que: les processus de syncrétisation produisent des effets de sens qui doivent être appréhendés dans la situation de lecture. La contribution de cette recherche au champ de connaissance éducationnel repose sur le fait qu’elle prend en compte la lecture du livre infantile dans l’interrelation entre le mot et l’image, dans les différentes dimensions qui constituent le livre dans son ensemble. D’autre part, elle montre que la rencontre entre les univers de l’art et de la littérature favorise la formation du lecteur, la modalisation de la pensée ajoutée aux processus d’humanisation de connaître et se connaître, dans un caractère émancipateur d’un sujet compétent. L’action médiatrice des enseignants est légitimée lorsqu’elle est marquée par l’expansion du concept de lecture, par la connaissance de la nature des différents langages constituant le texte – en particulier verbaux et visuels – et par la pratique de stratégies qualifiées de dialogue, qui provoquent des attitudes responsives des élèves. Dans cette perspective, la formation première des enseignants et de l’école peuvent investir dans un plus grand développement des lecteurs et, en conséquence, de la société, en reliant aux processus éducatifs l’approfondissement de l’univers de langages et une expérience englobante de la diversité de textes contemporains en tant qu’objets de lecture. / Este trabalho discute uma perspectiva de leitura no processo educativo, a partir de uma abordagem semiótica para textos constituídos por diferentes linguagens e a importância da mediação didático-pedagógica para a formação do leitor. A pressuposição trabalhada na tese é a de que a aprendizagem dos processos de leitura desse tipo de texto ocorre de forma rudimentar e espontânea, sem se efetivar de modo sistemático, quando se focaliza a natureza sincrética dos mesmos, principalmente sobre o papel da imagem que se faz presente no universo da comunicação verbal escrita. Desde o início da escolarização os estudantes entram em contato com muitos objetos culturais e textos com essas características. Porém, não há um processo sistemático de mediação para a construção de uma leitura que articule essas linguagens. O recorte para investigar a ocorrência desses entrelaçamentos, neste trabalho, focaliza três obras nacionais de literatura infantil “Em boca fechada não entra mosca”, de autoria de Fátima Miguez e ilustrada por Graça Lima (1999), “Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê”, escrita e ilustrada por Angela Lago (2000) e “Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...”, escrita por Ana Maria Machado e ilustrada por Graça Lima (2003), e utiliza contribuições teóricometodológicas de estudos semióticos, principalmente as de Algirdas Julien Greimas e Jean-Marie Floch. A análise qualitativa dos textos faz o levantamento de estratégias e de interfaces entre planos de expressão e de conteúdo das linguagens ali presentes. O enlace de sistemas ocorre na relação semântica intra e extratextual em recorrências e oposições. A articulação é identificada na homologação de conteúdos manifestos entre a visualidade e os elementos lingüísticos, tais como repetições, alternâncias, contrastes de elementos eidéticos, cromáticos e topológicos (linhas, formas, cores, espaços, composição), reiterações (fônicas, lexicais e sintáticas) e jogos de palavras. Conclui-se que os processos de sincretização produzem efeitos de sentido a serem apreendidos na situação de leitura; que este estudo contribui para a pesquisa educacional ao contemplar a leitura de livros infantis como uma interrelação entre palavras e imagens sob vários aspectos que subjazem ao texto como um todo. Além disso, mostra também que a interface entre o mundo da arte e da literatura permite desenvolver a competência do leitor, bem como de seus pensamentos, além de humanizar o conhecimento e autoconhecimento de um sujeito proficiente de maneira emancipadora. A atuação mediadora dos docentes se legitima, quando marcada pela expansão do conceito de leitura, pelo conhecimento da natureza das diferentes linguagens que constituem o texto, principalmente as verbais e visuais e pela prática de estratégias qualificadas de diálogo, as quais são provocadoras de atitudes responsivas dos alunos. Nessa perspectiva, os cursos de formação inicial de docentes e a escola podem investir em um maior desenvolvimento dos leitores e, conseqüentemente, da sociedade, vinculando aos processos educativos o aprofundamento do universo de linguagens e uma experiência abrangente com a diversidade de textos contemporâneos, como objetos de leitura. / The present study assesses a reading perspective in the educational process through a semiotic approach to texts involving different types of language, and also analyzes the important role of academic and pedagogical mediation in the development of the reader. The assumption is that learning of processes for the reading of these types of texts, with focus on a syncretic nature, is rudimentary and spontaneous, rather than systematic, especially with regard to the role of image found within the universe of written verbal communication. From the very first days of school, learners come in contact with several cultural objects and texts with such characteristics. However, there is no systematic mediation process that allows for a reading strategy which addresses these types of language. The occurrence of this intertexture is investigated through the analysis of three Brazilian children’s literature books: Em boca fechada não entra mosca [A closed mouth catches no flies] written by Fátima Miguez and illustrated by Graça Lima (1999); Indo não sei aonde buscar não sei o quê [Going I don’t know where to get I don’t know what], written and illustrated by Angela Lago (2000) and Ah, cambaxirra, se eu pudesse...[Oh dear wren, if I could only...] written by Ana Maria Machado and illustrated by Graça Lima (2003). The theoretical and methodological background for this investigation is provided by semiotic studies, mainly those by Algirdas Julien Greimas and by Jean- Marie Floch. The qualitative analysis of the texts seeks to determine the strategies and interfaces between the expression and content of the languages used in these texts. The interweaving of systems occurs at the level of intratextual and extratextual semantic relations through recurrences and oppositions. This relationship is observed in the ratification of contents contemplated between visuality and linguistic elements, such as repetitions, alternations, contrasts of eidetic, chromatic, and topological elements (lines, forms, colors, spaces, composition), phonic, lexical, and syntactic recurrences and play on words (puns). In conclusion, the syncretization processes produce effects of meaning that need to be learned through reading. This study contributes towards educational research by contemplating the reading of children’s books as an interplay between words and images under the various aspects that underlie the text as a whole. Moreover, it also shows that the interface between the world of art and of literature allows developing the reader’s competence as well as his/her thoughts, in addition to humanizing the knowledge and self-knowledge of a proficient subject in an emancipatory manner. The mediating role of teachers is acknowledged, when it is marked by expansion of the concept of reading, by the knowledge of the nature of the different languages built into the text, especially verbal and visual ones, and by the practice of appropriate dialog strategies, which encourage students’ responsiveness. From this perspective, qualified teachers and school can further the development of readers and, consequently, of society as well, by incorporating an in-depth understanding of the universe of languages and comprehensive experience regarding the wide variety of contemporaneous texts as objects of reading into educational processes.

Dans une perspective d’histoire culturelle, cette thèse, fondée sur une approche iconologique, se propose de montrer, à partir de l’exemple de la littérature illustrée, que la culture de guerre enfantine allemande n’apparut pas ex nihilo en 1914. Elle avait ses racines dans la culture mémorielle d’avant-guerre. Issu de la peinture historique, un imaginaire héroïque en constituait les fondements. 1914 provoqua une intensification de la culture de guerre. Alors que les éditeurs commercialisèrent des livres patriotiques au moment où la guerre de position était déjà en place, ces ouvrages continuèrent à véhiculer l’image d’une guerre de mouvement. À mesure que les hostilités duraient, des dessins kitsch aux motifs enfantins et des caricatures de l’ennemi permirent de justifier le conflit, stylisé en une guerre défensive. Ces strates ludiques de la culture de guerre enfantine, qui provenaient de l’iconographie politique pour adultes, favorisèrent un élargissement du lectorat, auparavant scolaire, aux jeunes enfants. Les auto-images apologétiques l’emportaient toutefois sur la ridiculisation de l’ennemi. Conjointement aux caricatures, elles renforçaient la communauté nationale et traitaient des liens entre le front et l’arrière, qui devinrent une préoccupation croissante des familles, séparées durablement. Face aux difficultés matérielles, les livres, au ton moralisateur et performatif, cherchèrent à mobiliser matériellement les enfants à l’arrière. Dans ce contexte, des albums furent vendus au profit d’associations patriotiques. D’après les tirages, la littérature patriotique, probablement adressée aux enfants issus des milieux bourgeois, connut un certain succès. / In a cultural history perspective based on the methods of the “visual turn” this thesis deals with the illustrated children’s literature before and during the First World War and shows that the German children’s “war culture” did not appear ex nihilo in 1914. It had its origins in the memorial culture of pre-war time, which glorified the warfare. It relied on a heroic fantasy that came from historical paintings and used emotional reflexes. 1914 provoked an intensification and development of the “war culture”. While publishers put patriotic books on the market when the war of attrition took place, these books continued to convey familiar and reassuring images of a war of movement. As hostilities lasted, kitsch drawings with children’s characters and caricatures of the enemy used to justify the conflict, stylized in a defensive war. These fun strata of the children’s “war culture”, which came from the political iconography for adults, created an expansion of readership: children from the age of three up were concerned as well as school children. However, apologetic self-images were more important than the hatred and jeer of the enemy. Together with caricatures, they reinforced the national community and dealt with the bonds between the soldiers and the home front, which became a growing concern for permanently separated families. Because of deprivations, the books became sanctimonious and aimed at mobilizing children in the home front. In this context, albums were sold to raise funds for patriotic associations. According to the number of books printed, this patriotic literature, probably targeting children from both the middle and upper classes, were a success.

In this essay seven children’s books aimed at the age group 6-9 years are read using a matrix to determine if the characters, from a viewpoint considering current gender norms and power, are normative, norm-breaking or falsely norm-breaking. The latter means that they have been attributed transgressive characteristics without there being any shift in power balance from the masculine to the feminine. Results show that the authors have tried to break gender norms, for example with regards to the child -characters’ clothes, which are consistently very alike regardless of gender. These efforts remain shallow as the power still rests with the boys, whose awareness of their own position within the gender -power system give them a sense of intrinsic power (power-to). The female characters reflect societal gender norms by being self-effacing, compliant and reactive, for example by praising the boys, providing them with room to be competent as well as both silencing themselves and letting themselves be silenced. The boy -characters show falsely norm-breaking behaviour in some areas, for example by having atypically broad emotional spectra, yet the boys’ superiority is retained and is reflected in their behaviour towards the female characters. / I denna uppsats granskas sju stycken barnböcker för åldersgruppen 6–9 år utifrån en matris för att bestämma ifall karaktärerna, med utgångspunkt i rådande genusnormer och i förhållande till makt, är normativa, normbrytande eller falskt normbrytande. Det senare innebär att de tillskrivs transgressiva egenskaper, utan att någon maktförskjutning från det maskulina till det feminina sker.Resultatet visar på försök från författarnas sida att bryta genusnormer, t.ex. vad gäller barnkaraktärernas kläder som genomgående är mycket lika oavsett genustillhörighet. Dessa försök blir dock ytliga då makten i de flesta fall fortfarande vilar hos pojkarna, vilkas medvetenhet om sin position i könsmaktssystemet ger dem en inneboende känsla av makt (power-to). De kvinnliga karaktärerna reflekterar samhällets normer genom att vara omvärldsorienterade, fogliga och reaktiva, t.ex. genom att berömma pojkkaraktärerna, ge dem utrymme att vara kompetenta samt att både tysta sig själva och låta sig tystas. Pojkkaraktärerna visar på vissa områden exempel på falskt normbrytande beteende, t.ex. genom att ha atypiskt breda känslospektra, medan pojkarnas överordning kvarstår och reflekteras i deras beteende gentemot flickkaraktärerna.

This study explores the relationship between literature and society against the background of the emergence in the 1930s and 1940s in South Africa of a form of Afrikaner nationalism that was spearheaded by members of the Afrikaner petty bourgeoisie and intelligentsia and a subsequent expansion in Afrikaans literary production. It addresses problems of explanation in Afrikaner nationalism by focusing attention on the question of culture, the field of imagination and the domain of everyday life. In particular, the study examines the Keurboslaan series - a series of schoolboy stories aimed at juvenile readers - by Stella Blakemore, and traces the production, circulation and critical reception of the twenty titles in the series. The first title in this series was published in 1941 and the series has been reprinted several times over a number of decades and as recently as 1997. Drawing on the work of Benedict Anderson, this study illuminates the link between the emergence of print capitalism and the production of popular fiction on the one hand and nationalism on the other. Whilst this is a link that is not often explored, an analysis of the Keurboslaan series illustrates that the study of popular fiction can illuminate the practices through which nationalism gains popular support. It is argued that the Keurboslaan series produced a narrative of the Afrikaner ‘nation’ in popular fiction, but that this narrative was not authenticated by the intelligentsia and petty bourgeoisie who were the driving forces behind Afrikaner nationalism and its contents. It is further argued that this ‘narrative of nation’ circulated alongside more official narratives of the ‘nation’ espoused in discourses of religion, science and literature published in Afrikaans. The narrative of ‘nation’ in Keurboslaan – whilst sharing many similarities with official narratives in other discourses – but also differs from those discourses in important respects. It is argued that the popular series was influential precisely because it imagined the Afrikaner ‘nation’ in very different ways and on different terms from those discourses. Moreover, the form in which this narrative was produced, that is popular youth literature, appealed to readers of Afrikaans who were in search of escapist fiction. For these readers, the Keurboslaan series helped to give shape to and created new possibilities for interpreting the world that they inhabited. Reading the school as a corollary of the ‘nation’, it is argued that the narrative of the nation in Keurboslaan series explores the boundaries between the self and the other and posits the self as a danger to the self, resulting in an emphasis on the need to discipline the self. This kind of analysis also creates the space for examining in what ways ideas and identities about ‘race’, gender, sexuality, class and ‘nation’ are constructed in the texts. Yet, the study maintains that whilst the Keurboslaan series contributed to creating a space in which a particular understanding of the self and the world becomes possible, and whereas the reader is not conceived of as a completely free agent that can derive simply any meaning from the text, the study and its theoretical underpinnings do not fully account for individual readers’ engagement with popular texts and the ways in which reading strategies and habits can generate different, ambiguous or inconclusive meanings for readers. It is suggested that a study of popular texts and Afrikaner nationalism employing theories of reading and the reader will complement this analysis. / Thesis (DLitt (Literary Theory))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Afrikaans / unrestricted

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att utföra en bilderboksanalys av hur mångkulturalitet representeras i sex nutida barnböcker utgivna år 2019–2021 för att uppmärksamma och i förlängningen motverka den vithetsnorm som till stor del präglar vår kultur. Den teoretiker som främst legat till grund för studien är Robin DiAngelo som skriver om vit överhöghet och hur den ligger till grund för rasism i samhället. Resultatet har visat att de sex undersökta böckerna i relativt liten utsträckning bryter vithetsnormen. Vidare har resultatet visat att det framträder vithetsnorm i samtliga böcker då de flesta karaktärer med högutbildning och status är vita.