Ausência e presença de autoras mulheres nos livros didáticos do Ensino Médio.

Abstract

The history of Brazilian literature is marked by the erasure of female authors, who were silenced at home, in society and in studies. This study analyzes the representativeness of these authors in the high school textbook "Se Liga nas Linguagens" (2016 and 2021 editions), by Wilton Ormundo and Cristiane Siniscalchi. Our general objective is to investigate the presence and absence of female authors in the literature textbook. To contemplate it, we established the following specific objectives: a) to highlight the importance and marginalization of women authors in Brazilian literature; b) make a survey of the names of the authors in the didactic collection "Se liga nas linguagens" of High School in two different editions (2016 and 2021); and c) to carry out an analysis of this absence and presence of the authors in the literature textbook. The research is initially carried out quantitatively, to trace the number of female writers found. Subsequently, a qualitative analysis is carried out, with the objective of demonstrating, through the data, the relationship of the authors and how this writing reaches the students. As a theoretical contribution, authors such as Virginia Woolf (2020), Regina Dalcastagné (2012), Constância Lima Duarte (2003), Hélder Pinheiro (2017) and Aluska Carvalho (2024), who reflect on literature in high school and textbooks. It is concluded that, despite the evolution and advances, the discrepancy is still evident: there is a significant underrepresentation of women's voices, which suggests the need for changes in education to ensure the visibility of these authors in the classroom.