Resumen
Roald Dahl siempre ha sido criticado por su representación de violencia, racismo y sexismo en sus libros infantiles. Estas cuestiones, junto con la actitud antisemita y malintencionada de Dahl, han suscitado dudas sobre la idoneidad de los libros para los jóvenes lectores. Como consecuencia, los libros de Dahl han sido frecuentemente censurados por diversas razones. A pesar de ello, sus obras han sido veneradas y queridas por generaciones de lectores, convirtiéndose en uno de los autores infantiles de mayor éxito. Este artículo se centrará en la censura impuesta a Charlie y la Fábrica de Chocolate (1964), ya que se ha convertido en un ejemplo notorio de indignación pública debida a su edición sensible. Para analizar los cambios introducidos en ese clásico infantil se utiliza un enfoque metodológico basado en la tipología de las decisiones editoriales, como marco de estudio. Los resultados demuestran que la edición sensible no logra abordar los problemas subyacentes en el texto, ya que los cambios son en su mayoría superficiales y, en ocasiones, inconsistentes.
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