CONSTRUIR SUJEITOS SENSÍVEIS PELA LITERATURA: ESCREVIVÊNCIA EM “MARIA” E O ENSINO DE HISTÓRIA PARA EDUCAÇÃO ÉTNICO-RACIAL

Abstract

To enforce the Law 10.639/03, it is necessary to break with two founding myths of the historical consciousness of Brazilians: the racial democracy myth and the nonviolence myth. In this sense, portraying Brazil’s history in the classroom is a challenge that requires the creation of pedagogical strategies to do so. The use of Literature in an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach with History is a way to create an imagetic horizon that fosters critical reflection on students’ historicity and temporality. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the effects of the Conceição Evaristo’s testimonial literature in deconstructing mythical representations of the black people in Brazil through a didactic activity attentive to sensibilities in History, which relates to how identity and difference are addressed in social relations. The research is anchored in the History of Sensibilities – a branch of Cultural History – and in Post-colonial Theory, employing documentary and bibliographic methodology based on a qualitative approach. This is carried out through the analysis of the short story “Maria”, from the book “Olhos d’água”, in dialogue with the Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação das Relações Étnico-Raciais, the bibliographic survey conducted, as well as concrete teaching experience in a primary school in Acaraú, Ceará. In this way, it was possible to construct a democratic classroom space capable of mobilizing students’ historical consciousness, situating them as historical subjects by bringing the past and present closer together through literature.