Critical wheels of reading: Reflecting on the degrees of consciousness of characters in four dystopian works
Palabras clave:
Dystopia, Reading, Criticism, Cinema, Consciousness.Resumen
In this work, we present discussions developed in critical reading circles based on the analysis of dystopian works. The realization of a reading wheel as a learning strategy is a unique opportunity for socialization in the literate world. In this sense, we propose an interdisciplinary work in the dialogue between History, Literature and Cinema, from the realization of spaces for debate, as well as the understanding of the historian's office, from the reflection of historical sources. We start from the assumption that History as knowledge is representation and narrative of the past. Thus, based on dystopian narratives, we understand the potentiality of considering literary and cinematographic representations in historical research. We consider "1984" a classic work, in Calvino's terms (2007), which exerts an influence and imposes itself as unforgettable, being a book that never finished saying what it had to say, relegating current affairs to the position of background noise, without being able to do without it. Complementarily, we also work with other dystopian works, from filmic representations, such as V for Vendetta, The Hunger Games and The Truman Show.
