O DESPERTAR DA CRITICIDADE POR MEIO DO LETRAMENTO

Abstract

Reading is a powerful instrument of emancipation. When directed towards interpretative, critical, and reflective capacities, it has a significant impact on human development. For this movement to occur, the mobilization of specific structures such as school, teachers, family, and the individual is essential. The central objective of this dissertation was to comprehend, based on the theoretical production of scholars dedicated to the analysis of human behavior and the role of reading in education, the influence of reading in constructing a more enlightened and reflective individual. Additionally, we sought to explore the contributions that educational agents, such as schools, families, teachers, and society, can offer to the formation of this individual. To achieve this, we adopted a qualitative, exploratory approach with an analytical descriptive orientation. The method involved the analysis of works by contemporary authors addressing the themes of reading and human development. We also conducted documentary research based on normative texts governing education in the State of Goiás to examine legal guarantees related to working with reading from a critical perspective. The interpretation of the collected material followed the principles of content analysis. As a result, we gained a deeper understanding of the role of reading in constructing a more enlightened society and how this practice can influence human subjectivity.