Carlos Jansen and the literary vulgarization for the youth

• Main Authors: Lia Araujo Miranda Lima, Germana P.H. de Sousa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2015-12-01
• Series: Cadernos de Tradução
• Subjects: Carlos Jansen; Translation; Adaptation; History; Children’s and Young Adult Literature
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/2175-7968.2015v35n2p102/30994

In this article we study the translations of Carlos Jansen for the youth, age group corresponding approximately to the contemporary concepts of preadolescence and adolescence, made at the end of the 19th century. Jansen was a pioneer in translating into Brazilian Portuguese works for the youth among which novels by Swift, Defoe, and Cervantes. His widely adapted versions had a pedagogical goal, serving as a reading material for children and adolescents attending schools. For this reason he was called a "vulgarizer" by critics of that period. The research encompassed the analysis of newspapers published between 1880 and 1899, available at the National Library's Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira, which provide data on the advertising and reception of his works. We intend to enrich historical research on children's literature in Brazil and analyse to what degree Jansen's pedagogical project has governed his translation practice.