From the illustrated book to the app: reflections on multimodality in children's literature

This paper reflects on the diversity of semiotic resources in contemporary children's literature, analyzing the impact of technology on the literary text. Using some concepts from the studies of multimodality, we examine the potential of sense resulting from the relationship between verbal and nonverbal features in print and digital literature, in works such as Flicts; "A girafa" and "Cigarra", from Angela Lago's series "Ave, palavra"; and the application of literature for children Es así, by Paloma Valdivia. The author presents evidence to assert that the advances in multimodality studies help improving the literary experience by children nowadays, as it offers ways to know and mediate the process of interpretation and enjoyment of multimodal texts.

本论文反思当代儿童文学中符号资源（semiotic resources）的多样性，并剖析技术对文学文本的影响。本研究借助多模态（multimodality）研究中的部分概念，剖析纸质与数字文学中语言与非语言特征的关联所催生的意义潜能，分析对象包括《Flicts》、安吉拉·拉戈（Angela Lago）《Ave, palavra》系列中的《A girafa》与《Cigarra》，以及帕洛玛·巴尔迪维亚（Paloma Valdivia）创作的儿童文学作品《Es así》。作者通过实证材料论证指出，多模态研究的进展有助于优化当代儿童的文学阅读体验，因其为儿童理解与介导多模态文本的解读与审美享受过程提供了可行路径。