The fantastic in children’s ideas: comparative peculiarities in Rosa and Márquez

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the texts Partida do audaz navegante (2001), by João Guimarães Rosa, and La luz es como el agua (2005), by Gabriel García Márquez to compare the transposition and/or fusion of the fantastic with the real in the children's universe that permeates these writings. In view of the exposure of the analytical path triggered in this comparative section, the following specific objective was outlined: to identify the resources used in the transposition and/or fusion of the imaginary with the real, in the children's universe of Guimarães and Márquez. To this end, using Content Analysis a tool (Bardin, 1977), the research followed the parameters of qualitative studies (Chizzotti, 2005). With the intention of solidifying the theoretical assumptions that were used by these authors, such as: (i) Comparative Literature - Carvalhal (2006), Kaiser (1980), Remak (1994); about the fantastic - Rodrigues (1988), Todorov (2003), Calvino (2004); (iii) about the analyzes - Bosi (1994), Sperber (1982), Coutinho (1986). In summary, it was concluded, after developing the proposed analysis, that the story by Gabriel García Márquez expresses the impactful force of the fantastic through children's ideas, while the story by João Guimarães Rosa presents some transpositions from the fantastic to the real through the imaginative creativity of the child character Brejeirinha. Propositions of this nature sharpen our view of the different possibilities of comparative reading between literary texts by highlighting different forms of representation.