Person with a disability in the literary work Heart by Edmondo de Amicis

Abstract

The aim of the report is to analyse the issue of disability in the literary work Heart by Italian children's writer of the 19th century Edmondo de Amicis, in which there appear several characters with different types of, predominantly physical, disability. The report, in addition to the theoretical analysis, also includes a short empirical part presenting the results of interviews about the book from the perspective of primary education. In conclusion, we present a didactic reflection.