LITERARY READING IN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT: A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH OF THE TALE "THE THREE LANGUAGES" OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Abstract

This paper aims to present the importance of the teaching of literature for the intellectual, cultural and social development of the human being, from the study of the stories from the point of view of psychoanalysis, which points out how effective tools at work with the child subjectivity; for understanding the psychic development of the children; for the acceptance of the existence of the unconscious; and for the identification of the stages of human existence. Starting from the study of several researchers such as Coelho (2002), Bettelheim (2002), Silva (2009), Alves, Espíndola and Massuia (2011), we write the analysis and interpretation of the literary tale "The Three Languages" of the Brothers Grimm, and present a brief study on the functionality of the psychological approach of the stories in the school context, in order to explain how psychoanalysis (FREUD, 1909) contributes to emotional and social development of the student.