Um punhado de magia: os contos de fadas sob a perspectiva da clínica psicanalítica e o conceito de Real em Pinóquio

Abstract

The article addresses the importance of fairy tales in Psychoanalysis, highlighting their metaphorical and symbolic nature, which allows for the exploration of the unconscious and the resolution of anxieties and dilemmas. It presents the trajectory of these fantastic tales, from their oral origins to the compilation by writers such as the Brothers Grimm from Germany and Charles Perrault from France, demonstrating the infantilization of these stories and their relevance in childhood. It also relates them to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory and the significance of fantasy. As a theoretical essay, its objective is to analyze the therapeutic and symbolic potential of these fantastic narratives, without reducing them or being biased by a pathological perspective, in order to understand how fairy tales can be effective in the therapeutic process and the child's development, as well as facilitating the elaboration of the anguish brought forth as Lacanian Real. Thus, it takes the example of the story of Pinocchio as a narrative that can connect the conscious and the unconscious through its symbolic language.