Quando eu era pequena, de Adélia Prado e Elisabeth Teixeira: escrita de si, ilustrações e infância.

Abstract

Adélia Prado is recognized in the literary field as a poet, considering the wide reception of her works. However, she has also produced children's literature. In Quando eu era pequena (2006), Prado reveals her childhood through the character Carmela. The aim of this article is therefore to understand how this autobiography is constructed; to take a brief look at the relationship between the children's audience, the author and the illustrations; and to analyze the presence of the illustrations in the work in question. Therefore, it became necessary to follow a qualitative and bibliographic methodology, as well as to create categories of analysis that would address the main themes of the text, which are: sacred, family, relationship with poetry. The theoretical basis relies on authors such as Figueiredo (2013), Sagae (2008), Camboim (1998), among other theorists relevant to the research. In this way, this work stands out by focusing on an aspect of Adélia Prado that is still understudied in the academic world, as well as analyzing the artistic work of illustrator Elisabeth Teixeira, in terms of the aesthetic composition of the work.