Expressividade linguística e literária: uma proposta de letramento a partir da obra adailtoniana

Abstract

There is a growing need to make reading an engaging activity for school-age youth. This stands out as a challenge when, within the school environment, reading practices are perceived by students as monotonous and unappealing. Recognizing that literary production must also captivate its target audience, authors employ expressive resources that enrich the text, infusing it with emotion and multiple meanings, which are unveiled through the interaction between text and reader. Therefore, it is essential to highlight authors who make productive use of such expressive resources to enhance their literary creations. In the context of Caxias, literary criticism has immortalized Gonçalves Dias, however, many others have followed in the footsteps of the Indianist poet, among them, Adailton Medeiros, a native of Caxias with seven published books. His extensive literary production remains unknown to his fellow citizens, which opens the door to research that highlights his great expressive potential, broadly explored in both his poetic and prose writings. Consequently, this bibliographic, qualitative, and interpretative study aims to introduce the author, Adailton Medeiros; to highlight, in Adailton’s literary production, the linguistic mechanisms the poet utilizes to generate expressiveness; to analyze the importance of stylistic resources in shaping Adailton Medeiros’ literary output; and to demonstrate, through a methodological proposal, the relevance of Medeiros’ oeuvre to the development of literary literacy. Thus, by bringing Adailton Medeiros’ production to the fore, this research seeks to valorize his expressive potential through a literacy proposal, influenced by stylistics, introducing young readers to the books of a fellow citizen who, through his distinctive style, translated the most diverse themes of everyday life in a simple way, thereby encouraging reading and sharing of literary experiences