Conceição Evaristo: a leitura de contos no processo de formação do leitor literário

Abstract

This work presents a proposal for the development of literary readers in basic education through the reading of stories from the collection "Olhos D'água" by Conceição Evaristo. Racism, poverty, social exclusion, violence against women and children are some of the themes addressed in the collection of stories, assembled to create a didactic sequence to be implemented in a first-year class of high school at a public state school in Aparecida de Goiânia-Go. The guiding hypothesis is that by selecting a work by Conceição Evaristo, a black woman, intellectual, and author recognized for the literary aesthetic value of her works, it is possible to contribute to the formation of an autonomous, proficient, critical, and reflective literary reader; consequently, a citizen more sympathetic to the social problems of our country. At the same time, the formation of the literary reader allows the democratization of a cultural asset that cannot be denied, especially to children and adolescents. We define this work as action research (GIL, 2019). The theoretical framework includes scholars such as Candido (1993, 1995), Cortázar (2006), Cuti (2010), Colomer (2007), Todorov (2010), and others. The data analysis assumes an interpretative character based on the studied authors, student productions that encompass the applied didactic sequence, photos, and teacher's diary notes. The action research culminated, in 2024, in an educational product in the form of an ebook entitled My writings: art and writing of first year high school students. Its content was developed during the Professional Master's in Teaching in Basic Education of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program at CEPAE/UFG based on the records made in the logbook and student productions, including texts and paintings. It is a work that aligns with Law 10639/03, which made the study of African history and Africans, the struggle of blacks in Brazil, Brazilian black culture, and the role of blacks in the formation of national society.