Oralitura: literatura e cultura africanas em aula de língua portuguesa.

Abstract

In many cultures, oral narratives are passed through the generation as a form of maintaining and registering History, and preserving the culture of people, constituted as an essential element of the oral tradition. This tradition is a present characteristic in most African cultures, besides the very strong presence of written literature. It should be highlighted that this oral tradition is not exclusively African, since in Brazil, for example, there is the story-telling and hearing as a praxis. It’s possible to perceive that both African countries, and Brazil suffer from this cultural generalization. In this sense, aware of the necessity to know cultural diversity, beyond our frontiers, signed in the PCN (2006) and in the 10,639 / 03 Law, it is identified in the intercultural studies a way to apply the prescription of the law. In this perspective, the central objective of this research is to instigate an intercultural dialogue in Portuguese classes, aiming to promote discussions about African-Brazilian culture, encouraging intercultural relations. From Brazilian, Angolans and Mozambicans oral tales, these realities were compared, relying on the fact that such stories have cultural aspects of space and time in which they are produced. Methodologically, this is a descriptive and interpretative action research (MOREIRA; CALEFFE, 2008). Therefore, this research was based on the reflections from Leite (2012), Freitas (2010), regarding the oralization of African literatures; Jolles (1976), for the short narratives; Compagnon (2010) with regard to literature; Bauman (2012) and Hall (2006) on the notions of cultures and Jullien (2009) with regard to the notion of interculturalism, among other scholars who bring reflections that support our research. Finally, the present research is contemplated as a process that can provide assistance to students in their cultural reaffirmation, leading them to realize the needing to accept the cultural differences of each other, respecting them and understanding that there is no cultural superiorities.