%0 Journal Article %A Quental, Joana %T Searching for a common identity: The folklore interpreted through illustration %D 2014 %J Journal of Illustration, %V 1 %N 1 %P 9-27 %@ 2052-0204 %R https://doi.org/10.1386/jill.1.1.9_1 %K illustration %K folklore %K identity %K collective %K individual %K contemporaneity %I Intellect, %X Abstract This article aims to question relationship between illustration and folklore by discussing how today’s illustration recovers and uses folklore as a language, suggesting a new paradigm which presents itself as a possibility of semantic innovation, one seeking to discover and promote a collective identity1 through individual expression. %U https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jill.1.1.9_1