Para chamar de nossa: literatura e ensino a partir da epistolografia de Veríssimo de Melo

Abstract

This research aims to offer a proposal of literature teaching in High School, based on the epistolography of the writer, poet, musician, researcher, anthropologist and ethnographer Veríssimo de Melo. Veríssimo cultivated the habit of correspondence, having sent and received letters from various places in Brazil. We chose to make a cut of such letters; those that are studied here are included in the book Letters of Ascent Ferreira to Veríssimo de Melo, as well as others belonging to personal collections. From the analysis of the letters, we elaborated didactic sequences from the ideas of literary Literature presented by Cosson (2006) and literature teaching (Pinheiro, 2014) and Cherry (2009) with didactic suggestions to be used in literature classes. In addition to these suggestions, we discuss some legal aspects of literature teaching, supported by Candido (1995) and Araújo (2013), as well as a brief reflection on the term "potiguar literature". Finally, we present a panorama of the life and work of Veríssimo de Melo, with emphasis on his biases as a poet, musician and letter writer.