Reescrita do texto Caçadas de Pedrinho, de Regina Zilberman (2020): uma análise discursiva a partir da comparação com o texto original de Monteiro Lobato (1933, 2016)

Abstract

Caçadas de Pedrinho has been frequently rewritten since the word entered the public domain em 2020.With the proliferation of new editions, Regina Zilberman (2020) has taken on this task, believing that Monteiro Lobato`s Works should remain alive in children`s imagination.The aim of this study is to investigate the discursive marks of the rewrite(2020) of “ Caçadas de Pedrinho” through a comparison with the original text (1993,2016). Since 2010, the work has been part of a discussion and has reached the Supreme Federal Court accused of racista contente. In this perspective, considering the four linguistic operations(addition, substitution, suppression and displacement) that are involved in the processes of revision and rewriting, several questions are raised. These range from preserving Monteiro Lobato`s original writing from 1993 to eliminating passages deemed racist, and even removing the paratexts.To contextualize the work within the historical moment, we have been directed to several authors such as Lajolo (2011), Van Dijk (2005), Pêcheux (1990), Orlandi(2009), Bakhtin(1997), Fiorin(1990), Matêncio(2002), Fiad and Barros(2003) and Fabre(1986). Others studies that underpinned this research regarding literature, reading, racism, discourse, analysis, ideology, rewriting and linguistic operations; considering that discourse not only takes into account the historical/sociological contexto in which the work was written(original text) but also allows for considering a rewrite assuming that the concept that the child at the stage, the crucial aspect is historical time because, according to Vygotsky (2009)[1934], the child does not have direct access to a pure and timeless “world” but understands it within the constraints and mediations imposed by the materials that constitute it, the history that shaped it, and the language that organizes it.Methodologically, this concerns a qualitative bibliographic research, in addition to the literature review, involved two linear movements: first, a reading of the original text by Monteiro Lobato(1993,2006), and second, an updated rewriting by Regina Zilberman(2020).It was considered that the rewriting of “Caçadas de Pedrinho”, diverging from the standards of na artificial discourse inherent in characterizing Tia Nastácia as a sententious figure, Zilberman skillfully guides us through her discourse while defying stereotypical language.The rewrite isn`t anodyne; quite the contrary, it adeptly presentes a language intricately intertwined with the historical context, respecting the rights and dignity of Black individuals.We find ourselves on an irreversible path, grappling with na issue that leaves a lingering impact.It is neither more permissible nor allowed, even in the presence of a constellation named Monteiro Lobato, to harbor resentments to a certain extent due to na “immediacy”, where the austere volumes of editions of the work are not capable of positing beliefs, but rather the labels that have guided us to the analyses and maturation of the Democratic Rule of Law.