A semiótica e as canções infantis de naldinho braga: uma análise de a história que dormiu aplicável ao ensino fundamental II

Abstract

Children's songs are composed by simple melodies and words, full of meaning that appeal to childhood imagination and arouse the curiosity towards the world of fantasy. This paper aims to analyze the song A história que dormiu, by Naldinho Braga, as a valid reading proposal for students aged 12 to 15. Following this directive, we understand the basic concepts of semiotic theory; then, we select and elaborate on the analysis corpus; later, based on the levels of the Meaning Generative Path of greimasian semiotics, we propose a reading methodology in three moments: the first, the second and the third. We opted for a bibliographic-analytic research, as we collected bibliographical data in books, magazines, papers, thesis and independent researches that relate directly to the semiotic studies of Greimas's line of research; moreover, the study of the child's song, since, based on the basic theories, we develop a quantitative analysis of this discourse kind's lyrics. The research universe was composed of twelve (12) child's song read and listened that are on the album entitled Meu Quintal: Roda Gigante, organized and produced by Nara Limeira and Naldinho Braga. From this universe, we selected the song A história que dormiu inspired by the homonym tale by Norma Alves. The song is about a Mouse that causes a series of metaphorical actions in search of its objective. Among the instruments of research, we used annotations and reports, that helped achieve a better understanding of the addressed theory and also on the elaboration of the syntheses that were fundamental to write the text. Aiming to develop an analysis, we also made a previous planning, that can be perceived on the systematization of the view on the song lyrics. Furthermore, to build a text that could present the author of the research's corpus's song, we created an interview that was recorded on a mobile phone and then transcribed. The analysis categories were the programs, the paths and the relation of junction and disjunction of the subjects on the first level of reading; the actorialization, spatialization and temporalization, the figures and themes on the intermediary level of reading; and the tensions and values on the third level of reading. As a result, we achieved a proposal that can be applied to elementary education, with some adaptations. From the analysis, we recognize the existence of elements that characterize the childhood universe, as we can see with the redimensioning of the mouse character, socially seen in a derogatory way but that gains a positive identity on the song, but also of values from the adult universe like the rupture of values that oppress the subject.