A leitura de textos literários em João Cezar de Castro Rocha, Antonio Candido e Michèle Petit

Abstract

This research's main theme is the relationship between literary text and reader. This research aims to investigate how the relationship between readers and literary text can impact in the construction of critical and socially aware individuals from the perspective of Antonio Candido, Michèle Petit and João Cezar de Castro Rocha. All with unpaired trajectories and particularities when looking at the act of reading. To the achievement of this research goal is going to be studied the concept of time, text and reader, from these writer's perspectives, aiming to answer the following research question: How the literary text reading perspective of Antonio Candido, Michèle Petit and João Cezar de Castro Rocha help us to comprehend the power of reading in the development of critical and socially aware individuals? The texts analyzed during this research are “Direito à Literatura”, written by Antonio Candido, “Direito à leitura literária: Notas Iniciais” written by João Castro de Cezar Rocha and the chapter “Segundo encontro: O que está em jogo na leitura hoje em dia” in the book “Os jovens e a Leitura: Uma nova perspectiva” written by Michèle Petit. This is a bibliographic research that will analyze primary studies. The studies selected were written by the authors, this research does not aim to look into studies done by researchers of these authors.