O processo civilizador de Sophie de Ségur: uma aventura editorial entre dois mundos

Abstract

The paper aims at confronting Sophie de Ségur’s literature for kids and Norbert Elias’ theory on the civilization process. The structuring concepts within the sociologist’s work as affections self-control, social configuration, and interdependence, are called for analyzing Segurian French publications and Brazilian adaptations. In the author’s trilogy ─ Sofia, a desastrada, As meninas exemplares and As Férias ─ one finds a theory for social interaction, which represents an invitation to rethink frontiers of self-control, censorship and relaxation in situations of interdependence between children and adults.