The function of the imaginary in the formation of inferences during the reading act

Abstract

The objective of the present work is to demonstrate that the imaginary, understood in a creator view, as made by researchers as Gilbert Durand and Michel Maffesoli, among others, acts in a decisive way in the types of inferences formed during the reading act. Developed with basis on bibliographic research, this work presents, initially, the concepts of imaginary adopted, as well as the material relative to the inference in reading, especially the book Leitura: inferências e contexto sociocultural (Reading: inferences and socialcultural context), written by Regina Lúcia Péret Dell’Isola, complemented with studies of other authors. Finally, is analyzed the function performed by the imaginary in the formation of inferences during the reading act. Through this study, is possible to percept that the inference, created in the mind of the reader during the reading act, is a product of the imaginary. So, the imaginary is fundamental in the formation of the inferences, because increases the number of possible readings. At the same time, the reading also has an important function in the constitution of the imaginary, because allows the formation of new images that will compose and enrich it.