A experiência dos clássicos adaptados: caminhos ínvios na promoção da leitura de textos literários?
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Costa, Paulo
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Journal article
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Spanish; Castilian
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text (article)
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Universidad de Almeria: Red de Universidades Lectoras 2011
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Álabe: Revista de Investigación sobre Lectura y Escritura ISSN 2171-9624 Nº. 4 (Julio-Diciembre), 2011
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Adapting literary texts, considered either �classics of Portuguese literature�, or as the work of renowned authors is a kind of enterprise that cannot be considered recent or innovative. However, in recent times, new features have emerged as new texts arrive on the market through the hands of publishers. In this paper, we will try to take a critical look at the following aspects: a) general implications of the process of adapting to children, texts that, in their genesis, were not directed to this kind of readership ; b) the objectives which actually guide the production of these texts; c) who the authentic target of these texts is. After selecting some examples of recently published books we will present some reflections on the topics referred to in the previous paragraph. We hope that if we cannot provide the answers, we are able to, at least, perceive if those texts aim for the best of both worlds: the one of children and young adults and the one of parents (and teachers), specific and always renewable commercial targets. Maybe the �map� will lead us to a �neverland� where pedagogic appearances hide and serve purely commercial purposes.