PODBOOKS AND AUDIO LITERATURE

Abstract

This article briefly explores the evolution of audio literature in Brazil, observing the transition from radio to contemporary formats such as podcasts and podbooks, and its relationship with audiobooks, as well as how digital technology has transformed the consumption of audio narratives. The podbook is presented as a combination of the structure of audiobooks with the informality of podcasts, representing a third thing, similar to what has been proposed by some audio researchers. The studt indicates that audio literature takes advantage of the flexibility and interactivity of the digital medium and discusses the performative nature and specificities of electronic textuality. To this end, it examines predictions about the end of literature, particularly printed literature, drawing on definitions of literary meaning, the history of audio as it relates to the art of words, the specificities of audiobook textuality, and audio-born media. The text also addresses podcast consumption in Brazilian culture and how digital technology has transformed the reception of narratives, with emphasis on sound-based narratives.