O protagonismo negro em O caçador cibernético da rua 13: uma proposta de leitura para o ensino fundamental II

Abstract

This work aims to promote the literary reading of the work O caçador cibernético da Rua 13 by the Brazilian author Fábio Kabral, an exponent of Afrofuturist literature in our country. This thesis allows a reading in which Afro-descendant people are the protagonists and seeks to highlight African culture seeking to deconstruct social stereotypes. In this sense, the research intends to analyze Afrofuturism from black protagonism perspective as well as the relevance of space and time as constructors of the process of understanding literary reading, with the aim of expanding cultural repertoire and critical thinking of students from the 8th year of an elementary school in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. The teaching of literature has for years excluded the vision of black people in relation to the African diaspora and its relevance in colonization. Thus, one aims to rescue the values of African culture, thinking about building a future in which racism is not perceived as something natural in our society, giving young readers an opportunity to rethink actions that come from limited knowledge about Afrodescendant culture. It is important to enhance that the work is anchored in Thiollent’s (2011) “action research” conception, in the conception of literary literacy conceived by Cosson (2021) and by Paulino and Cosson (2023). The intended activities make use of the expanded sequence proposed by Cosson (2021), the function cards presented by Daniels (2002) and adapted by Cosson (2021), and Coscarelli's (1997) protocol reading postulates. One believes that an investment in such research can make students more critical in relation to our society as well as lead them to the habit of reading literature as a movement to build learning.