THE COLORING OF PARATEXTS IN O GALO GARNIZÉ, BY RENATA JUNQUEIRA AND GISELE FEDERIZZI

Abstract

The image as a multimodal element in the composition of literature books has fostered a rich dialogue between the work and the reader concerning the appropriation of literary text. This is why books aimed at children are increasingly being composed with a multimodal approach, where paratexts, that is, as visual resources, introduce new questions that precede entry into the literary text. According to Genette (2009), paratexts (such as titles, subtitles, prefaces, epigraphs, dedications, frontispieces, endpapers, covers, back covers, among others) guide a way of reading and act as an entry point for the reception and consumption of the work.Paratextual elements, commonly found in illustrated books, are part of the narrative, inviting the reader to construct hypotheses and/or meanings about the story. Certain insertions provide advanced information, an aspect that broadens the possibilities of interpretation and also integrates an aesthetic function into the overall work. That said, the objective of this study is to analyze the paratextual elements in the work O Galo Garnizé by Renata Junqueira de Souza and the illustrations by Gisele Federizzi in dialogue with the narrative itself. To this end, the theoretical framework was supported by scholars such as Genette (2009), Nikolajeva and Scott (2011), Linden (2011), and Dalcin (2013).