Dos causos que Eu conto : um estudo do trabalho performativo com o cordel.

Abstract

In this course conclusion work, I deal with the possible contributions of the performances/declamations of cordel to the teaching-learning process, based on the analysis of my performance “Comadre Fulozinha, a protector of the forest”, performed at Centro de Ensino Dr. Pedro Inácio de Santana (CEPIS). Based on the decolonial perspective on cordel, it is understood in this work as anthropophagic poetry, developed from the creative dialogue between the various cultures present in the formation of Brazil, which only happens and materializes at the moment of performance/declamation, where it ceases to be just text and becomes text in action. It is in the declamation that a dialogue is established between the bodies present (performer, audience, text and space) and co-participants, meanings are attributed to the cordel and knowledge is constructed and shared. Based on this, I reflect here on how the performance carried out at CEPIS contributed to the teaching-learning process and what knowledge was built and shared. It was found that the performance enabled the manipulation of the bodies present and allowed the creation of a liminal space/moment between the real/familiar and fictional environment, resulting in the students' approximation to the mythology of Comadre Fulozinha, through awareness of her history. Some students also got to know her, others deepened the knowledge they already had about her and still others overcame their fear of her. With these results, I demonstrate the importance of this work with cordel in the field of art education, as the declamations proved to be versatile and useful, and can be manipulated in different ways to achieve certain objectives in the teaching learning process.