O teatro e o ensino de literatura na formação do leitor: um estudo de caso no ensino médio

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate how theatrical techniques can broaden the strategies for reading literary texts in high school through the creation of characters and the staging of school plays. Dramatic literary reading enhances the development of readers, since theater invites us to participate in performances that reveal interpretative potential and arouse aesthetic reactions that broaden the horizon of expectations of school readers. In this sense, we are interested in discussing the fruitful relationships between theatrical techniques and the development of readers based on the particularities of the school community, highlighting the aesthetic and subjective development of the act of making theater. In this context, we will focus our research on the following guiding question: how can theatrical techniques for character construction broaden the meanings of dramatic texts based on the personal experiences of participants? The theoretical basis is based on the ideas of Constantin Stanislavsk (1999) and Bertold Brecht (1967) on theater, as a way of weaving threads that value the aesthetic experiences of theater as strategies for the critical development of actors and audiences, contributing to the expansion of the meanings of the staged text. We also found inspiration in Augusto Boal (2008) and Viola Spolin (2007), who treat games as expressiveness of bodies, as transmitters and receivers of messages, in addition to facilitating learning. The thesis was constructed in sections that present theoretical reflections on theater and its potential in the humanizing development of social subjects. We outlined an intervention project in a high school with the staging of a play and a jogral. As the main result, we highlighted the importance of using theater techniques to develop literary readers who go beyond the text and begin to express body language, voice intonation and creativity to form a multiple artistic consciousness capable of revitalizing the school space.