PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION FOR
LITERARY READING INSTRUCTION: A Study of the Context in Federal Institutions in Minas
Gerais
literature teaching; literary reading; literary literacy; teacher education
This research aims to analyze how undergraduate teacher education programs in Portuguese
Language and Literature offered by the ten federal public universities in the state of Minas
Gerais have been preparing literature teachers to work in basic education, specifically in high
school. Considering that the training of qualified teachers is an essential condition for the
promotion of quality basic education, this study adopts a qualitative approach, with an emphasis
on documentary and bibliographic analysis of pedagogical projects, curricular frameworks, and
course syllabi. Data were collected from the official websites of the institutions and analyzed
using content analysis, grounded in theoretical frameworks that address the concepts of literary
reading, literary literacy, as presented by Paulino, Cosson, Pinheiro, Amorim, Lage, among
others; teaching practices, teacher education, and teaching knowledge as proposed by Tardif
and Nóvoa; as well as the laws and other guidelines for literature teaching in Brazil; as well as
the laws and guidelines governing literature teaching in Brazil.