ENTRE EMÍLIA E MÔNICA: A INFÂNCIA EM EVIDÊNCIA NO DESENHO ANIMADO BRASILEIRO

Abstract

This research article is part of a larger research entitled Poetics of animation cinema, developed between 2014 and 2015. The scientific investigation aimed to analyze some aesthetic and ideological elements of four animated cartoons produced and marketed in the last 70 years. Given the need for study delimitation, this article intends to discuss only the process of depiction of children in Brazilian cartoons by covering an episode of the O Sítio do picapau Amarelo (2012) and Turma da Mônica (2009) series. For this, we have the support of Zilberman's (1982) studies on the different ways of approaching relationships between adults and children in the fictional territory. In general terms, the study signals the constant presence of Maurício de Sousa's work in the history of Brazilian animated cinema, and, in regards to the adaptation of Monteiro Lobato's work, it is worth noting the projection of a rather simplified plot when compared to books published between 1921 and 1944.