A contribuição da literatura nas aulas de história do ensino básico: Uma leitura dos contos "pai contra mãe" e “o caso da vara” de Machado de Assis

Abstract

This course completion work aims to present the possibilities of using literary texts as another didactic resource in history classes in basic education. we will try to highlight the dynamics between Literature and History through interdisciplinarity, which is widely used nowadays and is necessary to achieve the objective of work in both areas. These are areas that have a very close relationship and dialogue in the educational environment. This approach enables professors to recognize the potential of literature as an excellent source of research. We emphasize that this interdisciplinary partnership paves the way for students to better understand the historical facts of past society and reflect on their reflections in the present. Finally, the dialogue between these components can become a great stimulus for students to also become lovers of literary texts and possible readers of these texts. To develop our work proposal, we selected as study corpus two short stories by Machado de Assis: "Father against mother" (1906) and "O caso da vara" (1891). Through a brief analysis of these tales, we can prove how Machado's discourse cooperates for an attentive and sensitive reading of the condition of enslaved people in the historical-social context portrayed in the tales: end of the 19th century. To corroborate our journey and support this discussion, we used as theoretical support authors such as Cândido (1999), Todorov (2009), Cosson (2009), Chartier (1999), Pinsky (2010), Schwarz (2000), Chiappini (2000), zechlinski (2003), among others.