This thesis provides an examination and analysis of the social contexts of children's response to fiction in order to contribute to a theoretical perspective of literary response as a continuous process. The absence of a consideration of the way that readers are socially constructed renders any conception of literary response incomplete, and a discussion of textual, psychoanalytic and cultural theories of response reveals a gap which Children's Literature must fill. The marginalisation of Children's Literature within literary discourses silences children as readers by denying the recognition of literary engagement inherent in early experiences with fiction. In addition, an investigation of the meta-discourse which surrounds Children's Literature, through criticism, education and provision, demonstrates the way that adult mediations between children and fiction frequently interrupt an innate desire for an authoritative position for the reader within the text, replacing dynamic creative engagement with static modes of reading. In particular, an analysis of the position of children's books, including the processes for editing, selection and marketing, makes it clear, for the first time, that the social contexts of children's fiction, from jacket design to library selection, influence the construction of readers. A new method of empirical research, based on psychoanalysis, phenomenography and Chambers's 'Tell Me' approach to booktalk, provides evidence of the interplay of desire and control in the social construction of readers and reinforces the need for shared discourses. This method is illustrated by the Book Choice Study, consisting of seven individual case studies with children, their parents and teachers, which reveals the importance of an individual's reading history in the promotion of either dynamic or static modes of reading. The study shows that children who engage in a shared discourse about fiction are more likely to participate in a 'literary' engagement than those who experience a divided discourse, confirming the need for a construction of response that includes children and their books.

Submitted by Ana Carla Almeida (ana.almeida@ucsal.br) on 2016-10-27T13:20:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 REIS DML 2014.pdf: 775967 bytes, checksum: 90e09f393f4bbfb389b8bf6091853629 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Emília Carvalho Ribeiro (maria.ribeiro@ucsal.br) on 2016-12-28T19:10:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 REIS DML 2014.pdf: 775967 bytes, checksum: 90e09f393f4bbfb389b8bf6091853629 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-28T19:10:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 REIS DML 2014.pdf: 775967 bytes, checksum: 90e09f393f4bbfb389b8bf6091853629 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-24 / Este estudo partiu do questionamento acerca da forma como os filhos percebem o comportamento de seus pais desde o momento em que entram na adolescência. Visando responder a este questionamento, teve como objetivo geral compreender as narrativas dos adolescentes acerca da relação com os pais, considerando camada social e gênero. Os objetivos específicos foram: 1. Identificar e descrever a forma como os adolescentes interagem com diversos contextos de socialização; 2. Caracterizar o modo como o adolescente retrata suas relações com as figuras parentais; 3. Comparar as narrativas de adolescentes segundo camada social e gênero. Participaram deste estudo 30 adolescentes na faixa etária de 12 a 18 anos, sendo 15 de camada popular e 15 de camada média. Dentre os participantes de camada popular, sete do gênero feminino, com média de idade 15 anos e oito do gênero masculino, com média de idade 16 anos. Entre os participantes de camada média, oito do gênero feminino e sete do gênero masculino, com média de idade de 16 anos. Os adolescentes de camada popular são estudantes de uma escola de ensino fundamental da rede pública municipal da cidade de Salvador e de uma escola profissionalizante que desenvolve projeto de qualificação profissional visando a inserção no mercado de trabalho. Os adolescentes de camada média são estudantes de escolas da rede privada. Foi realizada entrevista em profundidade com duas perguntas disparadoras do processo de narração. O tratamento dos dados foi realizado através de análise de narrativas, com identificação de eixos discursivos e respectivas dimensões, através do método hemenêutico-dialético. Os eixos e dimensões elencados foram: sociabilidade (identidade; liberdade; temporalidade e discriminação) e intergeracionalidade (monitoramento; afeto e atenção). Os resultados gerais revelaram que a forma como os adolescentes interagem nos diversos meios de sociabilidade, configura-se como ponto de partida para a compreensão das relações entre pais e filhos. Os adolescentes reconhecem que possuem vitalidade para vivenciar uma fase que consideram muito boa e, que, portanto deve ser aproveitada intensamente. O intercâmbio entre os valores recebidos na família e aqueles concebidos a partir da relação com os pares cria certo desconforto entre as duas gerações. Não há diálogo entre pais e filhos e os pais não compreendem os filhos no âmbito de suas necessidades subjetivas. Faltam momentos de lazer e integração entre pais e filhos. Os pais estão atentos aos aspectos concretos da vida dos filhos, mas não percebem suas necessidades subjetivas. Os conflitos entre pais e filhos são mediados com naturalidade, exceto em casos de fragilidade no afeto e vínculo. A família exerce papel importante na mediação entre pais e filhos, sendo tios e avós apontados como mais próximos e propensos a suprir, de certa forma, as demandas de natureza moral e emocional dos adolescentes. Conclui-se que há uma lacuna referente a afeto, atenção e confiança dos pais para com os filhos, o que influencia em conflitivas entre estas duas gerações que merece ser investigada em estudos posteriores. / This study it left of the questioning concerning the form as the children perceive the behavior of its parents since the moment where they enter in the adolescence. Aiming at to answer to this questioning, it had as objective generality to analyze the narratives of the adolescents concerning the relationship between parents and children, being considered social class and genre. The specific objectives had been: 1. To identify and to describe as the adolescent perceive its interactions with the diverse scopes of the society; 2. To understand the way as the family is portrayed in the narratives of the adolescent concerning its own trajectory; e 3. To argue the narratives of the adolescents according to social class and genre. The study included 30 adolescents aged 12-18 years, 15 to 15 popular tier and middle-tier. Amongst the participants of the popular layer, seven are of the feminine sort with age average 15 years and eight of the masculine sort, with age average 16 years. It enters the participants of average layer, eight of feminine sort and seven of the masculine sort, with age average 16 years. The adolescents of popular layer are students of a public school of basic education of the Salvador city and of a professionalizing school that develops a project of professional qualification aiming at the insertion in the work market. The adolescents of middle class are students of private schools. In-depth interview was conducted with two key issues of the narration process. Data analysis was performed by analysis of narratives, identifying the meaning and category through the dialectical-hermeneutical method, according to the axes and their dimensions listed: sociability (identity, monitoring, temporality and discrimination) and between generations (freedom; care and attention). The general results had disclosed that the form as the adolescents interact in the diverse ways of sociability configure themselves as starting point for the understanding of the relations between parents and children. The adolescents recognize that they have vitality to live deeply a phase who consider very good and, that, therefore, must be used to advantage intensely. The interchange enters the received values in the family and those conceived from the relation with the pairs creates certain discomfort between the two generations. There is not dialogue between parents and children and the parents do not understand their children in the scope of its necessities. The moments of leisure and integration between parents and children are rare. The parents are intent to the concrete aspects of the life of the children, but they do not perceive its subjective necessities. The conflicts between parents and children are mediated with naturalness, except in cases of fragility in the affection and bond. The family exerts an important paper in the mediation between parents and children. Uncles and grandparents are the closest as to supply, of certain form, the demands of moral and emotional nature of the adolescents. Is concluded that there is a referring gap the affection, and confidence of the parents in their children, what it influences in the conflicts between these two generations that it deserves to be investigated in posterior studies.