THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING LITERATURE FOR THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE WORKING CLASS'S CONSCIOUSNESS AGAINST OPPRESSION
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https://doi.org/10.5216/ia.v47i3.73280Abstract
This essay defends the thesis that the teaching of literature, in basic schooling, is a tool for the formation of citizens who are conscious and aware of their place in society, which, in turn, is the pillar that drives the uprising of the working class against its oppressed condition. We make use of theoretical considerations about literary reading that argue that the act of reading literary texts stimulates exotopia and otherness, important assumptions for the visualization and critical analysis of reality. The conclusion is that, precisely because it represents a threat to the maintenance of the status quo, the teaching of literature has been marginalized in an educational project that aims to strengthen the neoliberal socioeconomic system. Therefore, teaching literature, besides being a gesture of resistance against the oppressive movement, turns the teacher into a social agent in the struggle for the possibility of preserving the act of hope in his students.
KEYWORDS: Literary Reading. Teaching Literature. Social Uprising. Social Activism.
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