Visual vernacular: uma produção cultural surda com linguagem cinematográfica

Abstract

This qualitative and descriptive research presents a study developed in the master's course of the postgraduate program in literature (PPGL-UFPB), which aimed to analyze the literary aesthetic elements and the elements of cinematographic language present in Visual Vernacular (VV) cultural production, to foster a better understanding of the stylistic characteristics that form this artifact created specifically by deaf artists, based on their visual experience of the world. This general objective gave rise to the following specific objectives: Understanding the stylistic characteristics of the original cultural production (artifact) of deaf people called Visual Vernacular; Identify elements of aesthetic and cinematographic language in literary works recognized as Visual Vernacular; And finally, analyze the aesthetic effect created by the language used to compose literary works belonging to the Visual Vernacular style. As theoretical support for the literary aesthetic elements we adopted Sutton-Spence (2021), to support the cinematographic elements in signed productions we adopted Castro (2012) and to recognize VV as a cultural artifact originally created within the Deaf People, we adopted Strobel (2008). Mainly based on these authors, the works analyzed were: the poetry “Don’t mess with what doesn’t belong to you”, “Slam VV de Mulheres – ao vivo”, by deaf author Cristiane Esteves de Andrade, and the poem VV “Os cangaceiros X coronéis” by deaf author Alexandre Moreira. Among the results obtained during the analysis, we identified in the three works the following aesthetic elements characteristic of the vernacular visual style: Incorporation, Anthropomorphism, Classifiers, Facial and Body Expressions, Repetition, Space, Rhythm and Speed. In addition, Multiple perspectives, which in Visual Vernacular production are emphasized and presented in a much more detailed way, in the following branches of cinematographic techniques: Wide Shot General, Wide Shot, American Shot, Close Shot and Close-up Shot. In Slam, the second work analyzed, in addition to all these elements mentioned above, we also identified the aesthetic element called Exterior/Interior. While, in the third work analyzed, in addition to all these elements previously found in the two works, we identified another cinematographic element, called 3D. We therefore conclude, in this study that as it is an authentic production by deaf artists and with greater evidence and growth after the pandemic, much still needs to be studied about the Visual Vernacular cultural artifact, but based on this study we can say that, when the authors choose these artistic elements for the composition of his literary works of different genres belonging to the Visual Vernacular style, are intended to generate several strongly visual aesthetic effects for his audience recognized as suspense, curiosity, reflection, sadness, among other feelings and emotions.