KNOWING HOW TO READ BOOKS (AND THE WORLD) IS A LIBERATING SKILL

Abstract

This article aims at emphasizing the importance of reading the world as a literacy component, being an important tool for building critical citizens who understand the world and their role in it. This reflection is made through the literary analysis of two narrative pieces, Cobertor de Estrelas, by Ricardo Lísias and Each Kindness, by Jacqueline Woodson, having as a main focus the textual elements narrator and space. The analysis showcase samples of perspectives that might be undertaken in a school reading proposition, as reading literary texts is a powerful opportunity for dialogue and reflection about the world, how it is hierarchically structured and how that structure might be different.