Multimodal narratives in contemporary Brazilian children's literature

Abstract

Although it is not a contemporary creation, there is evidence in our context of the growth of multimodal narratives addressed primarily to Brazilian children readers. This is the offer of narratives that, based on different strategies, are built not only through the literary text, but also through its dialog with other languages, of which we highlight here illustration and graphic design. Among such works, we propose the reading of Pra lá, by Luiz Tatit (2012), Dante Onzzetti and Edith Derdyk; Era uma vez outra vez, by Edith Chacon and Priscilla Ballarin (2022); and O que é que isso é? (2020), by Alexandre Rampazo. We aim to highlight the need for a synergic reading of the different languages that make up the book object in order to different reading layers can be reached. We also aim to discuss how the reading of multimodal works demands a different kind of reading and reader.