Representação do Direito nos contos de fadas dos irmãos Grimm: análise a partir de "A luz azul"

Abstract

This article aims to discuss, through bibliographic research, the relation among law and art in its various forms, particularly, literature. For such a task, this work focus on two dimensions related to the dialogue between art and law, law as art and law as an object of art, without forgetting the distinctions among such cultural products. It defends the notion that, in art and law, there are objective standards of harmony, order and form and to make such correlation between both cultural products is indispensable in order to understand law. This work also studies the influence of the German Historical School of Jurisprudence in the creation of the Grimm’s fairy tales and analyses. It studies specifically the historical school notions related to this work of art, as well as the encounter between Savigny and the Grimm Brothers. At last, it analyses the representation of law in fairy tales, especially in Grimm’s fairy tales. For that, this study focuses on the “Blue Light” tale. It concludes with the statement that law is seen as an instrument somehow arbitrary, which is used in order to perpetuate privileges, in spite of the poor population.