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After the structuralism period but also the boom of poststructuralist deconstruction, this study aims to explore the functionality of the models of narrative organization proposed by Formalist and Structuralist theories, by taking contemporary themes as a basis. The favored corpora for demonstration: the film Snow White and the Huntsman (2017) - to which we apply the 31 functions developed by Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp - and the computer animation Shrek (2012) - considering the model of predictability developed by Lithuanian linguist A.J. Greimas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the story Pele de asno, by Charles Perrault, seeking to understand childhood and sexuality configured in the historical context of the compilation of this production. The study showed that, in that context, even though there was an increasing questioning and disapproval of sexual activities between children and adults or practices such as incest, these were not uncommon and continued to be portrayed in the children's stories. It should be noted that the perception built up until then about childhood was not at the heart of the concern with care based on moral and educational precepts such as those currently valued. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]