Abstract

VELOSO, Geisa Magela  and  PAIVA, Aparecida. Social representations of reading: ludic and educational functions of literary text. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.26, e260023.  Epub Apr 09, 2021. ISSN 1809-449X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-24782021260023.

The article aims to discuss processes of anchoring and objectifying the social representations of literary reading produced by public school teachers. Ninety four (94) teachers from the early years of elementary school participated in this qualitative research. The data analysis is referenced in the theory of social representations proposed by Moscovici (1978, 2015), who understands the representational process as a form of knowledge which functions as the elaborator of behaviors and communication. It was found that the teachers anchor literary reading in the playfulness of the text and in the possibility of using it to teach and educate children. Since pleasure is not the school's objective, teachers adhere to dramatization practices to give concreteness and materiality to the pleasure of reading.

Keywords : social representations; literary reading; playfulness; children's literature.

        · abstract in Portuguese | Spanish     · text in English | Portuguese     · English ( pdf ) | Portuguese ( pdf )