Text Interpretation: String Literature

Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about cordel literature. It is one of the most important cultural events in our country. Shall we find out more about her? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the proposed interpretive questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Literature of twine. You know?

It is one of the most important cultural events in our country. Besides being creative, the string is very cheap and easy to be printed and distributed.

Cordels as we know them today emerged in Portugal, with medieval troubadours, those poets who sang poems in the 12th and 13th centuries. As much of the population was illiterate, this was a good way to spread stories.

In the historical period known as the Renaissance, when paper printing processes were invented, spoken strings also began to circulate in the form of text.

In Brazil, cordel literature became popular in the 18th century and told stories based on regional folklore, in a simple and fun way. The name cordel comes from the way these leaflets were displayed: on rope or string.

Cordel is famous throughout the country, especially in the Northeast. Many Brazilian repentistas (or guitar players) still remember the medieval troubadours when telling stories to music and rhyming in the streets.

Poems are usually illustrated with woodcuts, which appear mainly on the covers. In 1988, the Academia Brasileira de Literatura de Cordel was founded in Rio de Janeiro.

30 years later, in 2018, the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute, IPHAN, recognized the literature of cordel as intangible cultural heritage of Brazil, that is, a very important cultural production that needs to be preserved.

Lorraine Tarcia. Available in:
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Questions

Question 1 - In “This is one of the most important cultural events in our country.”, the author of the text refers to:

Question 2 - Underline below the excerpt that presents the meaning of "medieval troubadours":

“Cordels as we know them today emerged in Portugal, with medieval troubadours, those poets who sang poems in the 12th and 13th centuries.”

Question 3 - In the passage "As a large part of the population was illiterate, this was a good way to spread stories.”, the highlighted fact is:

( ) the cause of another.

( ) the purpose of another.

( ) the consequence of another.

Question 4 - According to the author of the text, "the spoken strings also began to circulate in the form of text":

( ) in the 12th and 13th centuries

( ) in the 18th century.

( ) in the historical period known as the Renaissance.

Question 5 - According to the text, the string is famous:

( ) including in the Northeast.

( ) especially in the Northeast.

( ) exclusively in the Northeast.

Question 6 – The author of the text states that “many Brazilian repentistas (or guitar players) still remember medieval troubadours”. Because?

Question 7 – In the phrase "In 1988, it was founded, in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Academy of Cordel Literature.”, the underlined part indicates:

( ) place.

( ) mode.

( ) time.

Question 8 – Note this segment of the text:

“[…] Cordel literature as an intangible cultural heritage of Brazil, i.e, a very important cultural production that needs to be preserved.”

The underlined expression introduces:

( ) a conclusion.

( ) one explanation.

( ) a comparison.

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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