Vermelho-sangue: a poética da (re)construção da consciência de si e de outras mulheres em Loba.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the illustrated book Loba (2023), preferably aimed at children, published by Pequena Zahar and written and illustrated by Roberta Malta and Paula Schiavon, two Brazilian women. The narrative is, initially, a reconstruction of the classic oral tradition Little Red Riding Hood, told from a contemporary perspective, focusing mainly on the personal development of the main character and the discoveries of female maturation, in addition to raising the issue of women‟s strength and consciousness, which it is passed down through stories, from generation to generation. Using theorists such as Colomer (2017), Bettelheim (2007), Lerner (2002) and Estés (1994), we highlight the protagonism of the color red as a narrative element and constructor of meanings, added to a reflection that discusses the feminine, of the masculine, the representation of the wolf and Little Riding Hood and, above all, the integration of the girl-woman with her process of maturation and identification of herself and other women as a link in History and personal journey.