Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017): Anno XX, 2-2017
Articles

Eterni, fanciulli, alati: neotenia e leggerezza di classici angelici della letteratura per l’infanzia

Marcella Terrusi
Assegnista di Ricerca - Università degli Studi di Bologna

Published 2017-12-31

Keywords

  • children’s literature,
  • neotenia,
  • archetype,
  • Puer Aeternus

How to Cite

Terrusi, M. (2017). Eterni, fanciulli, alati: neotenia e leggerezza di classici angelici della letteratura per l’infanzia. Studi Sulla Formazione/Open Journal of Education, 20(2), 387–408. https://doi.org/10.13128/Studi_Formaz-22195

Abstract

Children’s literature is rich in carachters that share a common light and winged destiny. Between them classic icons as Peter Pan, The Little Prince, Cosimo Pio-vasco di Rondò, Mary Poppins, Nils Holgersson, Viperetta. Referring to the con-cept of neotenia and the junghian archetype of Puer Aeternus the essay proposes a reflection about symbols and metaphors of childhood and lightness as combined in those classics. The neverending dialectic among Puer and Senex, the perspec-tive of the Lightness as lirical quality are the keywords of this work.

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