Empoderamento feminino e literatura: uma proposta didática para o ensino

The current literature curriculum in Brazilian schools needs to contemplate the dual-purpose of forming an integral literary reader as well as an open-minded citizen to social changes and gender differences. In order to spread the idea of deconstructing prejudices towards women in our traditional patriarchal society, the necessity of approaching feminism in basic education arises. Thus, through bibliographic and interventional research, this paper aims to present to the academic and educational communities a didactic material which links literature and women’s empowerment as an approach to teach literature in high school. This paper also discusses women's empowerment, their role and space throughout the history of Brazil as well as in classic and contemporary literature. The result of this research is the didactic proposal presented, which, in turn, becomes an alternative for the formation of the reader, when, from a teacher mediation adequate to the intended objectives and through classic and contemporary female literature, fosters students the desire for literary reading.