Da ilustração de livro infantil ao imaginário amazônico: mergulhos em “A história das crianças que plantaram um rio”

Abstract

This research draws uponthe universe of the image for the children book. The main goal is to analyzethe relationships between verbs and images at the children’s picture book from Pará,The story of the children who planted a river (2013), through the complex understanding of the images. We developed three chapters: firstly, there were gathered pages of the illustration’s history, its origins, the European context, the Brazilian illustration and some considerations about the children illustration inPará. Secondly, we investigated the theory nuances, the epistemological base of Visual Studies, introduced by Domènech and its “ecology” concept, followed by the “mimesis” concept from Aristoteles, revisited by Guerbauer and Wulf, wherebywe understand esthetic productions as phenomenafrom symbolic territory, contributing to the Imaginary’s studies of Gilbert Durand. Third chapter analyzes the already said book, its aspects about relationships among text, image and body, followed by image readings and its symbolic resonances. Our methodology consists of a qualitative approach of the collected data, doing a kind of exploratory and descriptive research, through the bibliographic and documentary procedures, unfolding a case study. We hope this investigation contributes to the studies about visuality and amazon culture, as well as the comprehension of the image as a knowledge object.