Investigating identity representations in cartoons in the classroom context: multimodality, critical reading and intersectionality

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v51i2.1399

Keywords:

Multimodality, Cartoon, Identity Representations, Teaching

Abstract

In the context of significant changes in the understanding about texts, as well as the reading and writing processes, in contemporary society, this article aims mainly at discussing identity representations constructed through the multimodal text cartoon in the classroom context in regular schools. For this purpose, we use concepts and categories of analysis proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) in their Grammar of Visual Design, and also expand the discussions based on identity studies (MOITA LOPES, 2006; ANDRADE, 2014) from a decolonial perspective (KLEIMAN, 2013; SANTOS, 2004). As an action research with a qualitative and interpretative approach, this study was developed in a state public school in the city of Orobó, with students from the 2nd and 3rd years of high school. The results point to the need to develop reading and writing practices based on a critical and intersectional approach, which integrate multiple languages and semioses in the classroom, in addition to including discussions on complex social issues, such as identity experiences, in a country with such diverse characteristics in the face of frequent changes in sociocultural, historical and political life.

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Author Biographies

José Maria de Aguiar Sarinho Júnior, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba,

José Maria de Aguiar Sarinho Júnior é graduado em Letras (UPE), especialista em Literatura e Estudos Culturais (UEPB) e Língua e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa (UPE), mestre em Letras (UEPB) e doutorando em Linguística (PROLING/UFPB). É professor contratado (UPE) e professor estatutário da Rede Estadual de Ensino de Pernambuco.

Fábio Alexandre Silva Bezerra, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba,

Fábio Alexandre Silva Bezerra é professor adjunto do Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas e professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, onde lidera o GEPLAM – Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, Análise Crítica do Discurso e Multimodalidade/Multiletramentos (UFPB/CNPq). É doutor em Língua Inglesa e Linguística Aplicada (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) e PhD em Linguística (University of Sydney).

Published

2020-09-09

How to Cite

Sarinho Júnior, J. M. de A., & Bezerra, F. A. S. (2020). Investigating identity representations in cartoons in the classroom context: multimodality, critical reading and intersectionality. Revista Da Anpoll, 51(2), 218–231. https://doi.org/10.18309/anp.v51i2.1399