O horror que fascina: contos de Quiroga no ensino médio.

Abstract

There is nothing more immersive to know the culture of a certain people than to know their literature. In this sense, the teaching of Spanish Language has much to gain if it is allied with the teaching of Literature. This article intends to analyze a story by Horacio Quiroga and to highlight elements that would make the literary reading of this text attractive and productive in a high school class. Horacio Quiroga is one of the main Uruguayan authors and his work is one of the most influential in Spanish- American literature. We start with the hypothesis that reading short stories by Quiroga in high school can be useful both to charm readers through the horror represented in his narrative - the theme that captures the attention of the young - and to make his work better known among Brazilian readers. To do so, we analyze the story "La Gallina Degollada", which lists ways that this narrative communicates with young people and adolescents.