Texts and hypertexts: looking for balance

• Autor(a) principal: Coscarelli, Carla Viana
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Linguagem em (Dis)curso (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br/index.php/Linguagem_Discurso/article/view/428
• topic: Hypertext; Textuality; Textbooks; Hipertexto; Textualidad; Libro didáctico; Hypertexte; Textualité; Livre didactique; Hipertexto; Textualidade; Livro didático

This paper discusses the question of “to what extent do we need to treat hypertexts differently from texts, as far as textuality features are concerned?”. I argue in favor of the idea that every text is a hypertext and that every reading activity is a hypertextual process. I believe that if the text is well written, that is to say, if it is adequate to the reader, and if the reader is proficient, the reading process will generate satisfactory results. Badly written texts and non-proficient readers will generate bad results, no matter the format of the text (print or hypertext). Therefore, we need to teach our students to deal with different texts, from different genres, in distinct environments, including the digital one. This article presents elements of the digital environment that can be found in Portuguese textbooks, in order to verify the contribution of these materials to the students’ digital literacy.