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This paper, written in the light of Bakhtin's work, aims to discuss some specificities of literacy practices for deaf people, since they are constituted on the basis of social practices involving the two languages - Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) and Portuguese. These languages share the same space/time in different spheres of activities and have asymmetric social-cultural and ideological forces. This linguistic-discursive feature relates literacy practices in both languages by establishing, within them, a dialogue (not always peaceful) between languages/cultures. Based on these assumptions, an educational proposal will be presented in which students have developed literacy practices in both languages using their experience in Libras in its discursive/generic dimension. Although still in an early stage, this process might (re)signify and change the historical relationship that has been constituting the dialogue that deaf communities have established with Portuguese.

Este artigo refere-se a um estudo inicial dos processos discursivos da língua brasileira de sinais (LIBRAS), no gênero contos de fadas, à luz da teoria enunciativa de Bakhtin. As análises realizadas, embora iniciais, apontaram alguns aspectos discursivos relevantes sobre a LIBRAS, principalmente no que se refere à dinâmica interdiscursiva que a constitui, ou seja, à compreensão de como as diferentes vozes presentes nos textos são construídas, como elas se diferenciam quanto aos aspectos composicionais, como assimilam o discurso do outro e como se inter-relacionam entre si e com o todo textual para o tratamento do tema.This article refers to an initial study of the discoursive processes of the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) in the fairy tales genre under the light of the enunciative theory of Bakhtin. Current analysis data, although in its early stages, pointed out some relevant discoursive aspects about LIBRAS, mainly those related to the constitution of its interdiscursive dynamic. It refers to the understanding of how the different voices present in the text are built, how they differ in their compositional aspects, how they assimilate the discourse of other, and how they interrelate to each other and to the full context regarding the approach of the theme.