Literature in school: between the reality and the possibility

Abstract

The practices of literary reading usually don’t respect the specificities of this kind of text, we just have to observe the treatment that we give to literature, for example, in almost all of the extbooks. Also, a research done with third grade students shows that these students predominantly know mass literature. Because of this situation, as part of studies of the project “Training of the reader: the process of mediation teacher”, Machado de Assis is shown as an author that can be part of the repertoire of readings for students in Elementary School. If Machado is an exponent of Brazilian Literature, he should be present in the planning of teachers in Brazilian schools. In this text, it is chosen some short narratives of this author to introduce the practices of literary education.