Savages vs Colonists: The semiotic resources present in the fantastic tale Princess Pocahontas that illustrate the indigenous princess immersed in the colonizer's culture

This work initially intends to study the ancestry of fairy tales, theorizing the oral dimension that a narrative told from generation to generation can reach. Authors such as Charles Perrault, La Fontaine, Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen make up the circle of notorious writers who gave life to the wondrous tales sown among castes for centuries. Along with the narrated story, illustrative art presents itself to the reader as a way of visually materializing a tale, a legend, contributing to the discernment of a diegesis that often embraces a very significant social, cultural and historical perspective. The classic Princess Pocahontas , examined in this work, is a fairy tale that addresses the theme of North American colonization in the 16th century. From an investigative look at the semiotic resources present in Virginia Watson's illustrated work, this article proposes to explore the way in which the illustrations of luxury examples seek to represent the indigenous princess immersed in the culture of her colonizer.