Análise cartográfica das Reinações de Narizinho: de Lobato a Lajolo

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate -based on the analysis of the luxury edition of Reinações de Narizinho, by Monteiro Lobato, organized by Lajolo - the effects of racist meaning that linguistic marks appear in Lobato's narrative and which, consequently, were obtained to that society continues to encourage racial prejudice, as well as other social issues that appear in the work, in comparison with the footnotes created by Lajolo, which combat the prejudices raised in the author's text. The footnotes provide an analysis of the conversations between Lúcia and Emília, who engage in crystallized conceptions about racism and the social roles of women in the past century compared to the present. The central theoretical framework is based on the Cartographic Analysis of Discourse (DEUSDARÁ; ROCHA, 2021), comprising the path and process of the development of meaning in the cartography of Lobato’s work, in addition to the clues found in the book Pistas do Método da Cartografia (PASSOS; KASTRUP; ESCÓSSIA, 2014; 2015). It also relies on the contributions by researcher and professor Dominique Maingueneau (1993; 2008; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016), regarding discursive practice and interdiscourse. The objective of this study is to identify and argue that, through assumptions and implications, the discursive effects underlying Lobato’s work contribute to the dissemination of a racist discourse that is not exactly veiled, with textual evidence that helps confirm this issue. Regarding the content of the corpus, this paper gathers and analyzes four footnotes, and ultimately proposes a reflection on the production of new discursive practices that emerge within the historical, political, and social context.