O que pode a literatura: a importância da leitura literária de clássicos na escola para a formação da pessoa sob a perspectiva dos professores.

Abstract

The present work addresses the perspective of high school literature teachers from a city in Vale do Taquari, in Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil, regarding the importance of reading classics at school for the formation of a person. This research takes a qualitative approach (Leopardi, 2002), whose data were collected from semi-structured interviews with seven high school literature teachers. The research development includes literary theorists who deal with the subject, and includes legal educational documents, in dialogue with the answers of the interviewed teachers. ―Classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say‖ (Calvino, 2023, p. 17), because it has a very great cultural value, being important because, when reading, you understand yourself better (Todorov, 2021). From this perspective, the present work highlights the importance of school in accessing the classics, since it is a ―privilege space‖ (Zilberman, 2003, p. 16) responsible for presenting the literary culture for the students. Furthermore, although all the teachers understand the importance of the classics for personal formation and work with it, there are some elements that can affect an effective work with literature, these are set out in the final considerations.