COMIC ADAPTATION OF LITERARY CLASSICS AND TEACHING: A CASE STUDY OF THE OPENING OF THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF BRÁS CUBAS

Abstract

This article discusses the integration of comic books into Literature teaching in High School, proposing the overcoming of traditional pedagogical prejudices and advocating the use of literary adaptations – referred to as “comicization” – as autonomous intersemiotic readings. Supported by theoretical contributions from graphic narrative and educational normative documents, this study develops a case study focused on the analysis of the first page of the comic book adaptation of Machado de Assis's novel The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, scripted and illustrated by Sebastião Seabra (2008). The analysis demonstrates how visual and structural resources articulate with Machadian prose to construct meanings and enrich students' multimodal reading competence.