PELO PAÍS DAS MARAVILHAS & PELO BOSQUE DO ESPELHO

DIÁLOGOS ENTRE ALICE E PAULO FREIRE

Abstract

This article seeks to establish a dialogue between some characters from the works Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking‑glass, by Lewis Carroll, and the pedagogy of Paulo Freire. Creatures such as the Caterpillar, the Cheshire‑Cat, among others, cross Alice’s way to make her think over her personality, her existence in the world. There are also those who are always giving orders to the girl, the ones who underestimate her intelligence and those who are similar to teachers while giving classes, as the egg‑like man Humpty Dumpty. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon discourage Alice from asking questions; the Mouse gives a boring History lesson; the Red Queen and the White Queen scrutinize the girl preventing her from correcting herself, justifying or giving an answer. All the connections have been made from a dream worlds – the Wonderland and the Looking‑glass World – to the factual world of the present day, with Lewis Carroll and his fantasies turned to the Victorian education of his time, and Paulo Freire, with his humanist‑liberating education.