LITERARY LITERACY AND AESTHETICS IN AN EXPERIENCE WITH “PÁSSAROS”, FROM RINALDO DE FERNANDES

Abstract

To reflect about teaching experiences in which have the literary text as a guide provide investigate this learning context in a way of expand it and (re)signify it. By this mean, we present a Literature teaching experience in the supervised internship in the final years of Middle School, analyzing a reading proposal to the short story “Pássaros”, from Rinaldo de Fernandes and the achieved reception by it with the students from 8th grade. In order to achieve the aims, we base this study on Candido (1995) and on Cadermartori (1986) regarding Literature meaning; on Jauss (1979) and Iser (1996) regarding Reception Aesthetics concepts and assumptions; and on Cosson (2006) regarding Literary Literacy. In a meaningful way, we realized that, in the language practices inside the classroom, the Literature teaching should not only take into consideration conceptual specifications (linguistic-textual and narrative elements), but recognize the complexity of this literary genre, considering, in the short story reading process, the various interpretative dimensions, stylistics, as well as social stamp in involving themes of interests to the students, aspects that were added with the contact with the selected genre from the shared reading and the debate realized in the classroom.