PARATEXTS AND INFORMATION REPRESENTATION IN CORDEL PAMPHLETS

Abstract

This research aims to identify and analyze the peritextual elements present in the cordel booklets of Manoel Monteiro (1937–2014). A qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach is adopted, based on documentary analysis and content analysis of four booklets. The results reveal bibliographic identification, visual, introductory and interpretive, institutional, promotional and commercial, and programmatic and educational elements. These elements provide information on authorship, editorial production, circulation, institutions, illustrations, and educational purposes, which may be considered in information representation, according to the objectives and policies of information systems. The research demonstrates potential for expanding the representation and retrieval of information in cordel literature, highlighting the importance of documentary materiality and peritextual elements in information processing. It is concluded that peritexts constitute significant information sources in the field of Information Science, particularly in studies of Information and Knowledge Organization and Representation.