Análise multimodal de narrativas infantis ilustradas (picturebooks): uma proposta metodológica

Abstract

This paper introduces a methodology to perform a multimodal analysis of texts in picturebooks. Matthiessen (2007) argues that the point of departure of multimodal studies is to consider language as a semiotic system that has different modes of expression (graphology, phonology, signs). This implies that, besides the verbal mode, the image in picturebooks is a second mode of expression in the construal of meaning. In our study, two texts written in English and their translations into Brazilian Portuguese were analysed and annotated. The annotation sought to not only aid in mapping the division of labour between text and image established by the logical semantic relations among these two modes of expression, but also to investigate how cohesive relations between verbal texts and images are established.