Recent discussions of the state of Medieval Studies, sparked by such books as Lee Patterson’s Negotiating the Past, provide an important impetus for this thesis because they highlight the critical abyss which exists between Medieval Studies and other areas of literary studies. For one entering the field of Medieval Literary Studies this revelation is disturbing and inhibiting. However, the history of Medieval Studies cannot be ignored by those now working within the area. If Medieval Studies is to survive it must come to terms with its past and recognise the precarious position in which the discipline now stands as a result of its academic isolation. ...

Recent discussions of the state of Medieval Studies, sparked by such books as Lee Patterson’s Negotiating the Past, provide an important impetus for this thesis because they highlight the critical abyss which exists between Medieval Studies and other areas of literary studies. For one entering the field of Medieval Literary Studies this revelation is disturbing and inhibiting. However, the history of Medieval Studies cannot be ignored by those now working within the area. If Medieval Studies is to survive it must come to terms with its past and recognise the precarious position in which the discipline now stands as a result of its academic isolation. ...

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-19T15:30:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO - 2016 com ficha catalográfica - sem assinaturas.pdf: 15520569 bytes, checksum: c02771a3e1ccdff29cae3f471d3d4fca (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-19T15:30:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO - 2016 com ficha catalográfica - sem assinaturas.pdf: 15520569 bytes, checksum: c02771a3e1ccdff29cae3f471d3d4fca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-09 / CAPEs / Esta dissertação aborda perspectivas de uso da escrita e do texto nas artes visuais, fundamentalmente em livros de artista. É construído um levantamento histórico acerca do uso plástico/visual e conceitual da escrita e do texto, passando pela cultura islâmica, algumas vanguardas artísticas, chegando à contemporaneidade. São observados aspectos e formas de emprego sob uma perspectiva conceitual e sob uma abordagem pictórica do texto e da escrita. Nossa aproximação junto aos livros de artista é feita a partir da construção de uma linha histórica sobre como o livro torna-se um objeto também visual. Exemplos de artistas, abordagens plásticas e modos de classificação são apresentados no desenvolver do texto. Para nos auxiliar nas leituras a respeito da escrita e do texto nos livros de artista de Sebastião Pedrosa, recorremos à Crítica de Processos para buscar, elencar e analisar os documentos que nos proporcionaram leituras e classificações de sua obra. Ao fim da pesquisa, o leitor poderá compreender aspectos relativos à criação, processos criativos e formas de leitura de obras livro-referentes que possuam texto, escrita ou alguma menção à linguagem verbal. / This thesis discusses prospects for use of writing and text in the visual arts, primarily in artist's books. It is built on a historical survey of the plastic/visual and conceptual use of writing and text, through the Islamic culture, some avant-garde art and all the way to contemporary art. Aspects and application forms under a conceptual perspective and in a pictorial approach to text and writing are observed. Our approach with the artist's books is made from building a history line about how the book also becomes a visual object. Examples of artists, visual approaches and classification methods are presented throug the text. To assist us in reading about writing and text in Sebastião Pedrosa's artist books, we turn to Process Criticism to seek, to list and analyze the documents provided by the artist and his process, with readings and ratings of his work. At the end of the research, the reader can understand aspects of the creation, creative processes and forms of reading book-related works that have text, writing or any mention of verbal language.