Impacts of educational policies on publishing for children in Portugal
Submitted by:
Andressa J. Godoy
Abstract:
I developed this study project to characterise the editorial trajectory of the set of works in the selected corpus and analyse the recent editorial impact of their inclusion in the List of Oeuvre and Texts for mandatory reading and studying of the Elementary School Curriculum of Portuguese (MEC, 2015). To do this, I analysed the peritexts related to format, dimensions, cover, back cover, spine, and endpapers (Genette, 1997) of all published editions of Portuguese short story and poetry listed titles. I conducted the research using the case study methodology and used data analysis tools based on the checklist model (Walker, 2012). From the interpretation of the peritexts of the 55 editions that make up the corpus, I conclude that the implementation of educational policy contributed to the editorial resurgence of books, mainly those in the poetry genre; generated editorial trends, such as the creation of economic and school editions; and aesthetical trends, such as the influence of picturebooks in the most recent editions.
Keywords: Peritexts; Children's Books; Educational Policies.
Bibliography:
Genette, G. (1997). Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation. Translated by Jane E. Lewin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ministério da Educação e Ciência [MEC]. (2015). Programa e Metas Curriculares de Português para o Ensino Básico.
Walker, S. (2012). Describing the Design of Children’s Books: An Analytical Approach. Visible Language 46(3), pp.180-199.