When reality surpasses fictionality: reflections on the works One day, a river and Sagatrissuinorana

Abstract

This article reflects on works whose statements discuss human actions and their impacts on the environment. To this end, we selected the works: Um dia, um rio by writer Leo Cunha (2016) and illustrated by André Neves; and Sagatrissuinorana by writer João Luiz Guimarães and illustrated by Nelson Cruz (2020); both written after the tragedies that occurred respectively in the city of Mariana, Minas Gerais, in 2015 and Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, in 2019. To understand this journey, we will analyze the verbal and visual statements present in the works - two important and necessary languages ​​for the construction of meaning in picturebook narratives - providing an opportunity to reflect on the potential of children's books as a form of humanization and development of reading comprehension. We will also present a practical activity to be developed based on the work Sagatrissuinorana. To clarify the dialogic process adopted, we will primarily engage in dialogue with the Russian philosopher of language, Bakhtin, and with the reading strategies defended by Girotto and Souza (2010).