CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE OF RONALDO SIMÕES AND LEO CUNHA

Abstract

In this work, we intend to analyze how cultural diversity is represented in children's literature in Minas Gerais, based on the works of two contemporary authors, Leo Cunha and Ronaldo Simões Coelho. Cultural diversity makes it possible to rethink the cultural, political and social values related to the understanding of the other. Thus, reviewing these principles means understanding culture as the construction of the individual from social practices, as well as providing an understanding of how the "different" is a challenge to social and cultural values. In the chosen works, we tried to analyze how the authors worked the themes of cultural diversity, involving identity, difference and otherness, pointing out their centrality or transversality in the narratives. The study is located in the area of Cultural Studies and its results demonstrate that cultural diversity, as treated by the authors, contributes to the formation of the children's reader, enabling him to reflect critically on the current cultural values.