Victor of Aveyron

A study about the film “The wild child” in the light of historical-cultural perspective

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.22.072.AO01

Abstract

In this study, we have the main objective to discuss the subject's humanization process, through the story of Victor of Aveyron, the main character in the film The wild boy. The story is based on real events and tells the task undertaken by Dr. Jean Itard in the attempt to educate the wild boy, known for having survived during his first 11/12 years of life amid the forests of the south of France and away from human coexistence. For that, we anchored ourselves on the assumptions of Historical-Cultural Theory (THC) and during the analysis process, we used the film work to discuss how the boy Victor's education process was. The analyzes showed that the social isolation, experienced by the character, hindered the development of proper human characteristics and showed how Dr. Itard's pedagogical actions were relevant and, at the same time, had no success with the boy.

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Author Biographies

Jean Pablo Guimarães Rossi, UEM

Doutorando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (PPE-UEM). Graduado em Psicologia. Integra o Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em
Diversidade Sexual (NUDISEX/CNPq) e o Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Educação, Diversidade e Cultura (GEPEDIC/CNPq). Docente da Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR/Campus de Campo Mourão. Bolsista CAPES.

Eliane Rose Maio, UEM

Pós-doutora e Doutora em Educação Escolar pela Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de
Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/ Araraquara). Graduada em Psicologia. Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação (Mestrado/Doutorado) junto à Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Diversidade Sexual (NUDISEX/CNPq).

Published

2021-10-14

How to Cite

Guimarães Rossi, J. P., & Maio, E. R. (2021). Victor of Aveyron: A study about the film “The wild child” in the light of historical-cultural perspective. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 22(72). https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.22.072.AO01