The danger of curiosity: an interpretation of “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” by Roald Dahl

Authors

  • Valquiria Pereira Alcantara Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2019.162117

Keywords:

fairytales, children's literature, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, translation

Abstract

Over the years, many different versions of fairy tales have been and still are published. In our paper we present a comparative study of Dahl’s version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and the translation into Portuguese published in Brazil. We aim to observe the interaction between both texts and the illustrations by Quentin Blake as we believe the comic effect is grounded by the interaction amongst both verbal texts and the illustrations. In our analysis we consider mainly the relations and functions established between verbal and visual texts according to Sophie Van der Linden and we also look at some specificities of the translation of literature for children considering Zohar Shavit’s point of view. As a result, we intend to reach a better understanding of the articulation of both verbal and visual texts as the presence of illustrations in books for children is highly important.

Author Biography

  • Valquiria Pereira Alcantara, Universidade de São Paulo

    Mestre e doutoranda em Letras pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professora de língua inglesa na Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo. 

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Published

2019-12-26

How to Cite

ALCANTARA, Valquiria Pereira. The danger of curiosity: an interpretation of “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” by Roald Dahl. Literartes, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 1, n. 11, p. 28–56, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2019.162117. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/literartes/article/view/162117.. Acesso em: 1 aug. 2024.