“The child portrayed in both the short stories and the children’s books seems closely associated with the child within Clarice Lispector herself”: A Conversation with Mell Brites

Weronika Kostecka; Mell Brites

doi:10.32798/dlk.1221

Published: 2023-08-18

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

“The child portrayed in both the short stories and the children’s books seems closely associated with the child within Clarice Lispector herself”: A Conversation with Mell Brites

Weronika Kostecka , Mell Brites

Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura

Section: Talks

https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1221

Abstract

This conversation with Mell Brites concerns the work of Clarice Lispector in the context of the themes of the child and childhood.

Keywords:

Brazilian literature, Clarice Lispector, child, childhood, Mell Brites

Similar Articles

Rosy-Triantafyllia Angelaki, The Impact of Political and Cultural Changes in the European Landscape of the 20th and 21st Centuries on Children’s and Young Adult Literature , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 6 No. 2 (2024): Body and Corporeality – Representations and Discourses in Cultural Texts about Childhood and Adolescence
Weronika Kostecka, Anna Mik, Marta Niewieczerzał, Maciej Skowera, Karolina Stępień, “Our literature will speak about victory, life, death, loss, love, and peace”: A Conversation with Olga Derkachova , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Dimensions of Multiculturality in the Latest Works for Children and Young Adults: Part 1
Alicja Wang, Who is allowed to speak in contemporary children’s literature? , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Tradition and Folklore in Children’s and Young Adult Culture
Meni Kanatsouli, Rosy-Triantafyllia Angelaki, The Marginalised Romani Culture in Greek Society and Its Portrayal in Greek Children’s Literature , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Dimensions of Multiculturality in the Latest Works for Children and Young Adults: Part 1
Weronika Kostecka, Marta Niewieczerzał, Maciej Skowera, Karolina Stępień, From the Editors , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Myths, Legends, and Folk and Fairy Tales in the Context of Childhood and Adolescence: Cultural Texts of the Second Decade of the 21st Century
Grzegorz Leszczyński, “Warsaw is rainbow-coloured after all”: The Image of the City Space in Auto-Children’s Cultural Texts Awarded in the Museum of Warsaw’s Writing Competition , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Warsaw in Children’s and Young Adult Culture – Childhood and Adolescence in Warsaw
Agnieszka Stachnik, Marked by History – the Fate of Unwanted Children in Europe in the Age of Modernisation , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Tradition and Folklore in Children’s and Young Adult Culture
Joanna Frużyńska, From Verne to Tullet: A Century of French Children’s and Young Adult Literature on the Polish Book Market , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): Interpreting Childhood: Cultural Texts for Young People in Interlingual Translation
Weronika Kostecka, Marta Niewieczerzał, Maciej Skowera, Karolina Stępień, “For me, a story is always everything at once – it exists only when it is told”: An Interview with Witold Vargas , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Myths, Legends, and Folk and Fairy Tales in the Context of Childhood and Adolescence: Cultural Texts of the Second Decade of the 21st Century
Katarzyna Korwin-Mikke, The Image of the Inhabitants of the Global South Countries in Polish Multicultural Children’s Literature of the 21st Century , Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura: Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Dimensions of Multiculturality in the Latest Works for Children and Young Adults: Part 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > >>

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.

Download files

PDF

Citation rules

Kostecka, W., & Brites, M. (2023). “The child portrayed in both the short stories and the children’s books seems closely associated with the child within Clarice Lispector herself”: A Conversation with Mell Brites. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 5(1), 78–83. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1221

Cited by / Share

Weronika Kostecka

w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-7326

Affiliation:

University of Warsaw Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Weronika Kostecka – PhD, works at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests include history and the theory of children’s literature, cultural history of the fairy tale, and popular literature and culture. Contact: w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl.

Mell Brites

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6414-763X

Affiliation:

São Paulo State University Brazil