Traçados poéticos e ensino de história: tecendo espaços a partir dos versos de Castro Alves

Abstract

This research is part of the field of History Teaching and its main theme is the analysis of aspects of the slave's daily life in Castro Alves' poetry - especially in the poems A Canção do Africano (1863) and O Navio Negreiro (1868), both constituting the work Os Escravos -, investigating possibilities of articulating literary and historiographical discourses in the construction of knowledge about slavery in Brazil during the second half of the 19th century. This study also proposes the elaboration of a didactic resource that concerns the production of a Thematic Room related to slavery and Afro-Brazilian culture, based on the poems mentioned above. By shifting attention to the educational context, space is reserved for reflection on the importance of disseminating reading practices at school, the possible uses of literature as a source for teaching History and the need to implement educational actions to welcome diversity Brazilian culture and society in the school environment. The theoretical constructions by Michel de Certeau, published in the work A invenção do cotidiano (2005), and by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (2010), related to the production of presence, serve as main references for this investigation, which is also guided by other scholars referenced to the throughout the essay text. In order to solve the problem initially defined, it would be necessary to follow a theoretical and practical path, the latter resulting from the active participation of students in the structuring and organization of the cultural product that integrates this research. However, due to social distancing actions and restrictions on movement in certain spaces of the school environment, the proposal for the Thematic Room was presented through a project with rendered images. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]