Painting words: a dialogue between the images in Monteiro Lobato’s text

Abstract

This work aims to interpret images extracted from the first editions of the work Aritmética da Emília (1935 and 1947) by Monteiro Lobato. When we consider the image as a participant element of the text, it becomes an interpretive key for the narrative plot, appearing as indispensable for the text, because it not only facilitates reading, but, before that, allows the perception of elements that without it wouldn't be noticed. Our analysis option will be based on Ginzburg (2002 and 2007) and Manguel (1997), in addition to authors located in the field of Mathematics Education, such as Dalcin (2008), Brito (2011) and Dalcin and Brito (2014). Our reflection extends to the writing of history, seeking constituent elements in the reading, writing and teaching triad, when presenting a written analysis in dialogues between the characters consecrated by Lobato - the Viscount of Sabugosa, the Emília doll, Pedrinho and Narizinho. This writing, which approaches the way of doing that is typical of fictional aesthetics, by mobilizing dialogues between characters, amplifies the debate, emphasizing the dialogical character of the construction of knowledge, as opposed to aspects that present knowledge in a ready-made, finished, concluded way. We hope, with this, to let a glimpse of the symbiotic relationship between reading-writing-teaching and the world-image.