O conto de Conceição Evaristo no ensino fundamental: questões de gênero, raça e classe na formação de leitores

Abstract

This study is the result of a final work for the Specialization course in Literary Studies and Literature Teaching at the Faculdade de Letras/UFG, concluded in 2020. Its objective is to emphasize the importance of inserting Afro-Brazilian literature into daily school life as a necessary instrument for awakening interest in literary reading and to raise awareness and combat the different forms of oppression, mainly suffered by black women.To this end, it presents a brief analysis of three short stories by Conceição Evaristo with the objective of problematizing women’s issues, of class and race from the perspective of gender studies, especially those about black women, in order to show how the critical Reading can contribute to train more engaged and conscious readers about the representation of black people in Brazilian literature.