Covid-19 and cordel literature

health education through folkcommunication

Authors

  • Bruno Bernardo Galindo Lopes Lopes FPS
  • Nazarete de Souza Souza
  • PEDRO PAULO PROCÓPIO DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/RIF.v.19.i43.0014

Abstract

This paper analyzes, focused on some texts of Cordel Literature, available on the Internet, the impact of this kind of art once the authors incorporated preventive practices against Covid-19 in its themes, once its most remarkable traits are the popular and playful language and in order to inform its readers. The aim is to reflect folkcommunication as a tool and as a  bridge able to connect scientific and popular knowledge. The adopted methodology is content analysis and the study sample consists only of four texts published in 2020 and, according to them, it is possible to investigate and prove the efficiency of the the information and guidance on Covid-19, recommended by the World Health Organization, transmitted by verses and stanzas of a popular literature.

Published

2021-12-23

How to Cite

LOPES, B. B. G. L.; SOUZA, N. de S.; SANTOS, P. P. P. D. O. S. Covid-19 and cordel literature: health education through folkcommunication. Revista Internacional de Folkcomunicação, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 43, p. 247–265, 2021. DOI: 10.5212/RIF.v.19.i43.0014. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/folkcom/article/view/19735. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.