Representações da docência em romances de Érico Veríssimo: a personagem Clarissa.

Abstract

The present thesis of master is a study of representations of teaching in Erico Verissimo (1905-1975) Clarissa taking the character in four novels in which it appears, as the focus of analysis. The novels were produced in the period 1933 to 1940 -beginning career of writer and novelist. This period includes the following publications of the works selected for analysis: Clarissa (1933), Musica ao longe (1935), Um lugar ao Sol (1936), and Saga (1940). In this set of novels is possible to identify the presence of teacher Clarissa, the main character and the applicant. I made an analysis from the following categories: physical and personality traits; school activities, practices, and frequent social attributes these categories were part of the process of identifying the representations of teaching from the character in question. The theoretical foundations of this research methodology consist of a set of concepts from the field of Education, Literature and History of Education to guide the analysis of this study. To identify the images of male and female teachers conveyed in the novels, I understand the concept of "representation" according to Roger Chartier. The representations identified indicate the profile of a teacher reader, writer and questioning of school space. The creativity of the writer potentiates the creation of a possible "picture" for your character that takes the shape and meaning to each plot. The maturing of her, a normal young in the novel Clarissa (1933) become a teacher diploma leads to a series of questions about politics, economy, education and society that are in contrast with the scenarios experienced by her.