A literatura de cordel e o imaginário popular: diversificação temática e a miscigenação da cultura e dos saberes.

Abstract

This work aims to awaken the interest of teachers and students from elementary schools, so as researchers on the pamphlet literature, a cultural expression that addresses issues related to everyday folk, mostly in the Northeast, where this cultural manifestation gained prominence over the years, but also portrays the culture of Brazil in verse. Events that marked our history, represented by popular artists in an accessible way that provides the reader, whether researcher, student or just interested in acquiring knowledge, a new possibility to understand the real vision of the common people. Cordel brings the universe of students a new way to see the history, moving away somewhat from the textbook in order to ensure a more effective and enjoyable learning through knowledge construction based on customs and experiences of their day to -day. It also arouses interest in reading and develops critical thinking of students. The student is able to produce knowledge from the construction of twine, focused on social issues that marked an era or even subjects like social life in the community, becoming a builder of history and not a mere reproducer of knowledge already taken as absolute truths. This literature is seen as a learning content and of utmost importance to all disciplines and can be used in multiple instances of teaching, in order to ensure the learning and development of critical and expand student knowledge, aiming at interdisciplinarity.