Memórias do calabouço: aprender com literatura sobre a história manicomial no Brasil

Abstract

This Course Completion Work proposes a historical-literary approach to the social function of asylum institutions in Brazil, problematizing the profile of psychiatric subjects, linked to the issue of race, gender and social class. Through the construction of literary stories, aimed at students in the 9th year of Elementary and High School, based on the methodology of research, analysis and use of historical sources and bibliographic references, the objective was to work with the Brazilian asylum issue through the three stories that were transformed into the authorial work Memories of the dungeon. The choice of the short story genre, a concise narrative, dialogues with the contemporary reading habit, the school times and spaces dedicated to the practice of reading and the potential of its subjective character that generates the student's identification. It is expected that the proposed reading and analysis of the stories will contribute to the use of new methodologies in teaching History, in addition to developing empathy, critical awareness of students and contact with the discipline's own scientific practice, as well as reflection on the topic addressed: asylums as an instrument of power and social normativity, with a view to deconstructing stigmas and prejudices related to mental health. The research developed aims to contribute to the teaching of history and literary and historical practice, through the interdisciplinarity between Literature and History.