Fantasias, peneiras e latas: a mágica narrativa para crianças de Manuel de Barros.

Abstract

In one of his interviews, Manuel de Barros, also known as the poet of the Pantanal, when asked about the necessity and function of poetry in the modern world, states: “It seems to me that poetry is more necessary than ever. To remind men of the value of unimportant things, of gratuitous things” (p. 310). Regarding the functions of poetry, the poet says that “the main one is to promote the airing out of words, inventing new relationships for them, so that languages ​​do not die a death from formulas, from commonplaces.” These two fragments give us a perspective on the poet's work, which now presents us with two narratives for children.