Intertextualidad pictórica o como grandes obras de la pintura se convierten en ilustraciones de las obras de literatura infantil

Abstract

In children’s literature the young reader can come across original illustrations, done ex profeso for the book in question, or “recycled” illustrations which totally or partially reproduce paintings belonging to universal art tradition. When this happens, reading complexity increases exponentially as the child is not always equipped to establish intertextual connections and discover the pictorial hypotexts that underlie these illustrations. This study comments on different cases of the use of pictorial hypotexts, the various forms these can take, the solutions that are usually found for the problems created by pictorial intertextuality and finally offers a series of reflections on what pictorial hypotexts can add to children’s reading education.