“Espelho, espelho meu”... quem sou eu?: a contribuição do conto de fadas na construção da identidade infantil.

Abstract

When starting to move around and explore around, the child begins the process of forming your identity. Several experiments are fundamental to help her building her identity. Among these experiences, it is found the contact with the fairy tales, which according to Coelho (1991) are stories that make part of the life of every child, even before they learn how to read and they are as familiar as the lullabies that they were rocked by. This research aimed to discovering the contribution of fairy tales from children‟s construction identity, from the psychoanalytic theory of Bettelheim (1979). The methodology adopted was performed by means of literature, exploratory and interpretative, through the analysis of the short story “The ugly duckling” (O Patinho Feio). The results showed that in general the fairy tales contribute positively and significantly to the childish identity formation.