ENTRE BICHOS E MONSTROS: OS LIVROS PREFERIDOS POR CRIANÇAS HOSPITALIZADAS

Beatriz Levanteze de Burgos; Marcia Abreu; Melissa Santos

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.8127

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Beatriz Levanteze de Burgos Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3835-154X
Marcia Abreu Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-559X
Melissa Santos Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9304-9434

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.8127

Keywords:

Pediatric hospitalization, Humanization in health, Storytelling, Children's literature

Abstract

Many initiatives have been developed to humanize hospital treatment, providing recreational activities for hospitalized children, including storytelling sessions. It is already known that contact with narratives yields positive results for the overall well-being of children. However, studies examining their preferences regarding books are still lacking.

This research aims to analyze the interest of hospitalized children in books presented to them, seeking to find patterns in their choices. The reactions of 174 children aged between 6 and 10 years were analyzed. The results showed that children chose books featuring humanized animals or monstrous characters that demonstrate humanized behaviors. These choices were made to the detriment of human characters, whether adults or children, and to the detriment of non-personified animals and books with abstract covers.

The aim is to contribute to achieving ideal results in the work of organizations that bring storytellers to hospitals and, thereby, provide improvements in the quality of humanized pediatric hospitalization.

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Author Biographies

Beatriz Levanteze de Burgos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Beatriz Levanteze de Burgos holds a bachelor's degree in Literary Studies from the State University of Campinas.

Marcia Abreu, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Márcia Abreu is full professor at the Department of Literary Theory at the Institute of Language Studies at the State University of Campinas. She has published several works, including the books The Transatlantic Circulation of Novels Between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017); Romances em movimento (Editora da Unicamp, 2016); The Cultural Revolution of the Nineteenth Century: Theatre, the Book-Trade and Reading in the Transatlantic World (org. with Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva. I.B. Tauris, 2015); Impresso no Brasil – dois séculos de livros brasileiros (org. With Aníbal Bragança. Editora da Unesp / Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, 2010), winner of the Jabuti Prize 2011; Cultura Letrada: literatura e leitura (UNESP, 2006); Os Caminhos dos Livros (Mercado de Letras/ALB/FAPESP, 2003) and Histórias de Cordéis e Folhetos (Mercado de Letras/ALB, 1999).

Melissa Santos, Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino

Melissa Santos holds a psychology degree from the Federal University of São Paulo and a lato sensu speciality in pediatric oncology from the Federal University of São Paulo in partnership with the GRAACC hospital.