LIONNI’S LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW: THE JOY OF THE ENCOUNTER
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https://doi.org/10.12795/ricl.v0i21.4742Keywords:
gender stereotypes, identity construction, picture book, children's literatureAbstract
Little blue and little yellow is a narration through images. In this article, the iconic language and the verbal language are analysed. As for the visual code, it discusses the illustration’s task of this picture book and the verbal code with so minimalist amount of words. This verbal code offers the possibility of recognising a linear narrative structure for children’s tales. On the other hand, the value of diversity is exposed, because the metaphoric image is open to different interpretations. All in all, to rediscover the concept of identity construction, taking into account that gender stereotypes are being defined at early years.
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Accepted 2018-04-24
Published 2018-06-03
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