A História nos quadrinhos: o uso de narrativas gráficas nas aulas de História

Abstract

This research is the result of some years of previous teaching experience and addresses the use of comic books in History classes for the late years of elementary school. We started our theoretical studies, dialoguing with authors of historiographical reference who research the use of narratives as one of the important modalities of writing and socializing historical knowledge. Understood as a hybrid literary genre, formed by images and generally by texts, the stories can be identified as graphic narratives, since they unite the two forms of languages, constituting a specific type of human communication. We chose this type of art, as a powerful vehicle, in the approach of different historical contents. A comic book for working on feudal society in the Low Middle Ages was organized and integrated to this material as an annex. Social, economic, cultural, political and gender issues cross the script of this medieval plot. Our goal was to create a playful material for children and teenagers, making the meetings in History classes a more enjoyable, empathetic and attractive moment of education for students.