Sobre os livros ilustrados para a infância de autoria portuguesa: o caso de Fátima Afonso e de algumas potencialidades premiáveis do seu discurso ilustrativo.

Abstract

After a succinct revisiting of aspects related to Portuguese children’s literature illustration, namely the one that has been awarded with the Prémio Nacional de Ilustração, the present approach takes up and analyses the visual discourse by Fátima Afonso, reflecting about its main features which of them potentially rewardable. To this end, we selected an awarded children’s book, Sonho com Asas (Kalandraka, 2016), written by Teresa Marques and illustrated by Fátima Afonso. Our aim is to explain the meanings of this awarded book, taking into account not only the innovation of verbal text but also of visual construction, two discourses ostensively multisignificant that celebrate a semantic synergy. We attempt to elucidate some of the aesthetics singularities of Afonso’s sensitive and very personal artistic work, as a relevant contribution to the portuguese children’s literature/edition consolidation as well as her presence and significance in the History of Portuguese children’s literature/edition.