O hipergênero quadrinhos no livro didático de língua portuguesa

Abstract

Teaching and learning texts require mastery of various types of knowledge, recognizing the diversity of textual genres that circulate in various spheres of human communication, the oral and written modalities of the language, the ways in which texts circulate, among other determinants. Considering that multimodality encompasses all these modes of communication, also incorporated by technological means such as computers and cell phones, it is necessary for the Portuguese language teacher to be constantly updated to teach the technical skills necessary to handle different means of communication and work with this multimodality in the school environment. Comics are a hyper-textual genre that allows working on this aspect, mainly because they are predominantly composed of text and images and have their own resources for representing the narrative. Based primarily on research by Ramos, Santos, and Vergueiro, this work seeks to describe and analyze the treatment that this hyper-genre receives in a Portuguese language textbook adopted in public schools in the state of Alagoas. The analysis of the material shows a preference for the comic strip genre for the study and analysis of grammatical issues and also the graphic resources of comics, presenting comics and their multimodal aspect satisfactorily, exposing their characteristics and encouraging students to perceive these characteristics and reflect on them in the activities proposed throughout the chapters.