Abstract:
Affection, feelings and emotions play a fundamental role in shaping human behavior and are shaped, in turn, by him. The diversity of children's texts reveals the many ways they teach them how to feel. Reading is a predominant subject in the studies of literary theory and, due to the integrative character of the didactics, it is circumscribed on its horizon, the specialists offering practical solutions by which the student becomes again of the book and the authentic understanding. Texts allow readers to live different experiences and feelings through the characters, to realize what it would be like to be someone else, including those who are not like them. This is why affectivity, emotions and empathy are categories of analysis that have the potential to advance critical theories regarding children's literature.
