Children’s Literature and Emotions: mother-child relationship / Literatura infantil y emociones: las relaciones madre-hijo
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https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.32.55Keywords:
Literatura Infantil; emociones; relaciones; madre; hijoAbstract
Abstract
Children's literature allows us to consider texts where the mother-child relationship is not exempt from problems that bring out emotions of all kinds. In this sense, the objectives of the study are to understand how Children’s Literature problematizes the mother-child relationship; how Children’s Literature addresses the issue of emotions within the scope of this relationship; and discuss how Children’s Literature contributes to the social and emotional development of children. In order to achieve these goals, we have considered the works of authors and illustrators of several nationalities: The day mother had a face like a teapot (2008), by Raquel Saiz and João Vaz de Carvalho; Mama Robot (2007), by Davide Cali and Anna Laura Cantone; Tesla's mom doesn’t want to (2010), by Åsa Mendel-Hartvig and Caroline Röstlunf. Our methodology privileges the hermeneutical analysis of written texts and illustrations, making an exegesis thereof, through a critical and reflexive reading. From this analysis, we conclude that Children’s Literature depicts a mother-child relationship that is not free from conflict and negative emotions, but which are regulated and controlled, resulting in positive emotional states of affection and love between them.
Keywords: children's literature; emotions; relations; mother; child.
Resumen
La literatura infantil permite acercarnos a obras en donde la relación madre-hijo no está exenta de problemas que hacen aflorar emociones de todo tipo. En este sentido, los objetivos del estudio son comprender cómo la literatura infantil problematiza la relación madre-hijo; investigar cómo la literatura infantil analiza el tema de las emociones dentro de esta relación; y discutir cómo la literatura infantil contribuye al desarrollo social y emocional de los niños. Para ello consideramos obras de autores e ilustradores de diversas nacionalidades: El día en que a mamá se le puso cara de tetera (2008), de Raquel Saiz y João Vaz de Carvalho; Quiero una mama robot (2007), de Davide Cali y Anna Laura Cantone; La mama de Tesla no quiere (2010), de Åsa Mendel-Hartvig y Caroline Röstlunf. Como metodología, privilegiamos el análisis hermenéutico de textos escritos e ilustraciones, realizando una exégesis de los mismos, a través de una lectura crítica y reflexiva. De este análisis, llegamos a la conclusión de que la literatura infantil muestra una relación madre e hijo que no está libre de conflictos y emociones negativas, que, sin embargo, están reguladas y controladas, lo que genera estados emocionales positivos de afecto y amor entre ellos.
Palabras clave: literatura infantil; emociones; relaciones; madre; hijo/a.
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