Narrativas e identidades: representações de gênero nas obras literárias do PNLD 2023

Abstract

This study aims to analyze literary works made available through the Brazilian National Textbook and Teaching Material Program (Programa Nacional do Livro e do Material Didático – PNLD) 2023 literary works made available through the PNLD 2023 for students in the 4th and 5th grades of Brazilian Elementary Education seeking to understand how girls and boys are represented in these narratives. More specifically, it investigates how gender stereotypes are constructed, reproduced, and/or challenged within the selected works. The research adopts a qualitative approach and was developed in two stages: first, a bibliographic and documentary review on gender and children's literature; second, an analysis of the books A Mulher de Franks Tem, by Maria Amália Camargo, and Do Mar, by Mirna Brasil Portella. The theoretical framework is based on the contributions of Coelho (2000), Abramovich (1997), Silva (2014), Louro (2003, 2008, 2014), and Agapto (2022), among other scholars who discuss children's literature and gender issues. The findings indicate that the analyzed works tend to challenge traditional gender stereotypes by presenting narratives and characters built upon diverse possibilities of experience and identity. These results suggest advances in the debate on gender representation in children's literature, reflecting broader social transformations fostered, among other factors, by the historical struggles of feminist movements.