Fictional and literary literacy: discussion on the use of fictional texts as from literacy studies

Abstract

Contemporaneity creates spaces for the holding of various literacy events. These spaces, full of media with uninterrupted connections, are capable of maintaining a more fluid and hybrid communication. In this sense, the relationship with books and literature undergo changes. It is a well-known fact that mass culture affects the development of readers´ tastes and that the school plays an important role in this. Due to the plurality of production and reception processes in fictional texts from the perspective of New Literacy Studies, this paper comprises a theoretical review of literacy and proposes the concept of fictional literacy. The concept of literary literacy and its specificities will be discussed. It will be associated to discussions on the manner the school deals with fictional texts, especially the ideal manner of reading literary texts, as proposed by government guidelines and the way fictional texts are used in social life.