FROM ORAL TRADITION TO PRINTED LITERATURE: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSPOSING INDIGENOUS NARRATIVES INTO LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS WITHOUT LOSING THEIR ANCESTRAL ESSENCE

Authors

  • Fabiana Laurindo da Silva
  • Lucilene Alves Feitosa da Silva
  • Josefa Wedija Tenório Cavalcante

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63330/sasciencesv6n2-219

Keywords:

Literature of Indigenous peoples, Orality, Textbook, Writing

Abstract

This article analyzes the theoretical-methodological and pedagogical challenges of transposing the myths and oral narratives of indigenous peoples into the format of Literature textbooks in Brazil. Based on a literature review, it discusses the transition from orality to writing (graphism) and the risk of epistemicide when these productions are framed by Eurocentric literary standards. It concludes that the textbook must act as an intercultural bridge, preserving ancestry and cosmological context through approaches that respect collective authorships and native aesthetics.

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References

KRENAK, Ailton. Ideias para adiar o fim do mundo. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2019.

MUNDURUKU, Daniel. Literatura Indígena e o direito à memória. In: Cadernos de Literatura Infantojuvenil, n. 16, 2012.

SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa (Org.). Epistemologias do Sul. Coimbra: Almedina, 2007.

SOUZA, Lynn Mario T. Menezes de. Uma outra história, a escrita indígena no Brasil. São Paulo: Paulinas, 2006.

ZUMTHOR, Paul. A Letra e a Voz: Da "literatura" medieval. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1993.

Para citar a Oratura e as Afrografias (Obra seminal):

MARTINS, Leda Maria. Afrografias da memória: o Reinado do Rosário no Jatobá. São Paulo: Perspectiva; Belo Horizonte: Mazza Edições, 1997.

O artigo mais citado onde ela conceitua a escrevivência:

EVARISTO, Conceição. Da grafia-desenho de minha mãe um lance de histórias: escrevivência. Scripta, Belo Horizonte, v. 13, n. 25, p. 13-18, jul./dez. 2009.

Published

2026-09-29

How to Cite

da Silva, F. L. ., da Silva, L. A. F. ., & Cavalcante, J. W. T. . (2026). FROM ORAL TRADITION TO PRINTED LITERATURE: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSPOSING INDIGENOUS NARRATIVES INTO LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS WITHOUT LOSING THEIR ANCESTRAL ESSENCE. South American Sciences, 6(2), e26445. https://doi.org/10.63330/sasciencesv6n2-219