Gêneros da cultura popular em livros didáticos de língua portuguesa do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research was developed from analyses of activities with folklore text/discourse genres in middle school Portuguese language textbooks, with focus on the propositions of oral and written text production. The following questions guided the work: 1) What elements from folklore genres are contemplated in the analyzed activities, more specifically those of text production?; 2) To what extent can these activities motivate the appreciation of folklore by the students? The overall goal was to highlight the handling of folklore genres (legend, tall tale and folk tale) in the activities proposed by middle school Portuguese language textbooks. To do so we used the theoretical and methodological foundation of Marcuschi (2002; 2003; 2005; 2010), Schneuwly and Dolz (2011); Cascudo (2001; 2002; 2012); and Magalhães and Silva (2021). Moreover, we tackled the discussions of official documents — PCN and BNCC — on the subject. The main methodology utilized was documentary research of qualitative nature. Data point to the fact that the oral culture genres the textbooks propose to be studied are concentrated in the volumes of the 6th and 7th years of middle school, whose proposed activities tend to explore elements of textuality, discursivity, normativity and culture.