Author/Authors :
borges, maria orquídea leite de faria coimbra college of education - escola superior de educação de coimbra (esec), Portugal
Abstract :
The adjective active, common to both readers and pupils, denotes a raised awareness of the existence of an Other that, by itself, sets limits to the selfish omnipotence of the subject, be it an author or a teacher. This is a process that finds its roots in the democratization of society (18th century) and whose epistemological formulation was first due to the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. Although literary theory and didactics have made of this concept the pivot of the 20th century, we must not forget its origins and, above all, we should not abandon the use of linguistic analysis and literary text in the language class.
