"MY FRIEND NIETZSCHE": THE DANGERS OF CRITICAL READING IN A CONFORMED WORLDABSTRACT
This article aims to discuss literature teaching in Brazil with the analysis of the short film Meu amigo Nietzsche (2012). In our perspective, this film presents a discourse of resistance in the scenario of democratic crisis we are living. The film presents the story of Lucas, a boy from the periphery of Brasilia who has reading difficulties and, advised by the teacher, tries to improve his practices on his own. When he finds a copy of Assim falou Zaratustra (NIETZSCHE, [1883] 2011), Lucas seems to develop critical literacy practices in a process of discovering the meanings of words that evolved into a philosophical reflection on the world around him. Thus, from the analysis of a few scenes of the short film, we intend to reflect on literature and its teaching, as well as on the reception of critical reading in a conformed world.
Keywords: critical literacy; my friend Nietzsche; literature teaching; subjective reading