The adventures of Lazarus in the land of no end: read, learn and think literature in cyberspace.

• Grant number: 10/03601-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Sergio Roclaw Basbaum
• Grantee: Helem Alves Viana
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Using two novels of regional authors, of universal importance in literature, we intend to perform an interweaving of these stories, with their fantastic spells, building interactive narratives considering how it would be to create portals through which the reader / interactor could enter, interact and possibly live, through an avatar, the characters of Memórias de Lázaro, by Adonias filho, visiting and exploring As Terras do Sem Fim, by Jorge Amado. Thus, the aim here is to understand which cognitive processes are involved in such text constructions, and reflect on the efficiency of such practice for encouraging the reading and appreciation of Brazilian literature. Based on the idea that there have been changes in reader behavior and its relation to the text, it is necessary to study and implement new forms of text accompanying the evolution of thinking, of understanding and meaning of the world. For this, we use concepts of Cybertext, Cyberculture, Ergodic literature, studies of media formats and platforms that would be able to account for the materialization of these narratives.