POLIANA E O JOGO DO CONTENTE: UMA ANÁLISE DA VIVÊNCIA DAS EMOÇOES NA CONTEMPORANEIDADE

Abstract

Emotions are part of the human being and are important attributions in the subjects lives. In contemporary Western culture, however, there is an understanding that the experience of emotions is unhealthy, especially of emotions considered by common sense to be "negative." This paper proposes a historical review of the concept of emotions and their experience in society and from this, the psychological analysis of the book Poliana by Eleonor H. Poter is built. We seek to reflect on sadness in contemporary times, discussing the representations surrounding this emotion and how such emotion is experienced by the central character of the book. This arttical is a qualitative, descriptive, documentary and bibliographical research. Analysing the book Poliana, it was possible to realize that the character experiences the emotions understood as positive with greater degree of acceptance than the emotions considered negative. Through introjections about the “HAPPY GAME”, the main character seeks to observe the positivity that ends up neglecting the perception and communication of emotions understood as negative. Wareness is achieved when the character allows her to experience her sadness.