A relação gesto-fala em narrativas infantis de herança quilombola paraibana

Abstract

This thesis aims to analyze the dynamics of the multisemiotic matrix of meaning production characteristic of the oral narratives of a quilombola child in interactions with his greatgrandmother. Regarding the concepts of quilombos, as a theoretical contribution, we base ourselves on Moura (1993), Almeida (2002) and Nascimento (1985). About the multimodality, contemplating the gestural classification, we support ourselves in the perspective of Kendon (2004) and McNeill (1995). With regard to the narrative typology, consisting of stories, reports and chaos, we chose the interactionist approach found in Perroni (1992). Methodologically, this is a case study, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, longitudinal and naturalistic. The data are from family interactions between a 5-year-old child and his great-grandmother. The paternal aunt and cousin also participate in the research. Data are composed of five sessions filmed monthly at the child's great-grandmother's residence. After the collection period, they were transcribed in ELAN (Eudico Linguistic Annotator), software that allows the transcription of video and audio in an associated way. From the analyses, when we show that the quilombola child, at 5 years old, narrates from canonical to factual stories. In the scenes, in addition to fictional stories and experience reports, the child created case-type narratives with the support of artifacts that are part of their culture (trap, snake, river, alligator, etc.) that were retrieved narrated. In this way, 9 stories, 10 reports and 10 cases were produced by the quilombola child. In the reports, the child narrated about the experiences lived in the quilombo with the interlocutors, especially about what caused them fear (crab), curiosity (corn planting) and fun (learning to swim). We observed that the case-type narratives presented cultural marks of the Mituaçu quilombola community. With regard to gestures, data analysis points out that in the narratives: Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Pigs, in the account of the plantation and in the case of the snake, the quilombola child predominantly used iconic (17) and metaphorical (13) gestures. In the scenes, the child produced narratives in a creative and performative way, incorporating the characters using elements from the multisemiotic matrix, such as body movements, gestures, gaze, vocal production and facial expression. The great-grandmother produced a total of 14 narratives, 5 cases and 10 reports. Case-type narratives are characteristic of the functioning of quilombola narratives. The research concludes by emphasinzig the role of quilombola culture being constructed through child-great-grandmother interactions, present in the multisemiotic matrix of quilombola heritage narratives.