STORYTELLING AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE IN POPULAR CULTURE: ORALITY AND INTONATION IN GERALDINHO NOGUEIRA'S RADIO STORY

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the relevance of storytelling in popular culture, with a focus on the backcountry culture of Goiás, by highlighting the identity role of this practice. The object of study of this research refers to the analysis of the work of Geraldo Policiano Nogueira, known as Geraldinho, a famous storyteller who is part of the historical-cultural heritage of Goiás. This research approaches orality as a communication tool in social spheres, emphasizing aspects such as intonation and the emotional-volitional, fundamental characteristics in the socio-identity process of the countryside culture. The analysis of Causo do Rádio (2003), produced by Geraldinho, shows how oral narrative contributes to the development of skills and abilities in narrators, promoting the transmission of social, cultural and ideological knowledge. Geraldinho, recognized as the "king of the story", gained notoriety in the 1980s when he participated in the program "Frutos da Terra" and valued popular sayings and practices in different social contexts, such as parties, pubs and revelries. For this, we used qualitative research and interpretative paradigm, in addition to a documentary corpus, with the analysis of the case carried out through records available on the YouTube platform about the prose writer from Goiás. The theoretical foundation is based on the studies of Russian philosophers Mikhail Bakhtin and Valentin Volochinov, as well as concepts by Koch (2003) and Marcuschi (2005) regarding oral language. The results highlight the importance of telling and listening to stories as sociocultural practices that reaffirm orality as a constitutive element of the cultural identity of the backlands of Goiás.