“Caperucita Roja”: Little Red Hiding Hood in Gabriela Mistral´'s poetry

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2020.168912

Keywords:

Gabriela Mistral, Children's Poetry, Little Red Hiding Hood, Perrault, Chilean Poetry

Abstract

This article discusses the narrative poem “Little Red Riding Hood” – “Caperucita Roja”, in the section “Cuentos” (Tales), in Ternura, from 1945, by the Chilean poet and essayist Gabriela Mistral. First, some aspects of the life and work of the author are presented, identifying the different editions of Ternura, clarifying its objects and sections, especially the section “Cuentos”. Next, the tale “Little Red Hiding Hood” by Charles Perrault is studied, in order to, then, analise the poem “Caperucita Roja”, by Gabriela Mistral.

Author Biography

  • Sandra Trabucco Valenzuela, Anhembi Morumbi University

    Pós-doutora em Estudos Comparados na Universidade de São Paulo, tema: Literatura infanto-juvenil e audiovisuais. Bacharel e Licenciada em Letras pela USP, Mestrado e Doutorado em Literatura Hispano-Americana pela Universidade de São Paulo - FFLCH. Especialização em História da Arte pelo Centro Universitário Claretiano. Professora da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi.

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Published

2020-12-08

How to Cite

VALENZUELA, Sandra Trabucco. “Caperucita Roja”: Little Red Hiding Hood in Gabriela Mistral´’s poetry. Literartes, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 1, n. 12, p. 223–245, 2020. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2020.168912. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/literartes/article/view/168912. Acesso em: 9 feb. 2026.