O artigo busca oferecer uma reflexão sobre o valor das fontes literárias na historiografia educativa, com particular referência à história da escola. Para tal, examina-se o romance Cuorede Edmondo De Amicis (1886), marco da literatura infantil italiana, através do qual o autor coloca no centro de sua obra a pedagogia da cidadania, confiada ao processo de alfabetização e à convivência civil na coesão social das diferenças. A escola representada por De Amicis atua, de fato, como filtro ideológico e motor de integração ética e civil: representa o motor da unificação social e política da nação e, ao mesmo tempo, o instrumento mais adequado para sua emancipação moral e econômica. A análise do romance também se desenvolve por meio de seu peculiar aparato iconográfico, do qual é possível perceber as transformações das demandas culturais e educativas ao longo de mais de um século de história italiana.
This contribution aims to reflect on the value of literary sources in educational historiography, with particular reference to the history of schooling. To this end, the novel Cuoreby Edmondo De Amicis (1886), a milestone of Italian children’s literature, is examined, through which the author places at the center of his work the pedagogy of citizenship entrusted to the process of literacy and civil coexistence in the social cohesionof differences. The school depicted by De Amicis acts as an ideological filter and a driver of ethical and civic integration: it represents the engine of the nation's social and political unification and, at the same time, the most suitable instrument for its moral and economic emancipation. The analysis of the novel also proceeds through its peculiar iconographic apparatus, from which one can perceive the transformations in cultural and educational demands over more than a century of Italian history.
Barsotti, S., Fiorito, N., Lepri, C., Pacelli, S. (2026). As fontes literárias na reconstrução da história da escola: o caso de Coração, de Edmondo De Amicis. CADERNOS DE HISTÓRIA DA EDUCAÇÃO, 25(16), 1-22 [10.14393/che-v25-e2026-16].
As fontes literárias na reconstrução da história da escola: o caso de Coração, de Edmondo De Amicis
Susanna Barsotti;Noemi Fiorito;Chiara Lepri
;Silvia Pacelli
2026-01-01
Abstract
This contribution aims to reflect on the value of literary sources in educational historiography, with particular reference to the history of schooling. To this end, the novel Cuoreby Edmondo De Amicis (1886), a milestone of Italian children’s literature, is examined, through which the author places at the center of his work the pedagogy of citizenship entrusted to the process of literacy and civil coexistence in the social cohesionof differences. The school depicted by De Amicis acts as an ideological filter and a driver of ethical and civic integration: it represents the engine of the nation's social and political unification and, at the same time, the most suitable instrument for its moral and economic emancipation. The analysis of the novel also proceeds through its peculiar iconographic apparatus, from which one can perceive the transformations in cultural and educational demands over more than a century of Italian history.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


