ABSTRACT
What could be the place of literature in Sociology teaching? To what extent could reading literary narratives aid the learning of gender relations and sexuality in our society? Through school experiences with Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s tale The yellow wallpaperGILMAN, C. O papel de parede amarelo. Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, 2016., this article argues about the pedagogical potential of the use of literature in the development of consciences and sensitivities concerned with asymmetries, inequalities and violence inscribed in the genderized daily life we live on. Finally, the affinities between literature and feminist social theories are emphasized as methodological possibilities of teaching and learning that privilege the resignification of the social world, as well the reorganization of oneself, in learning other ways of conceiving and experiencing sexual diversity.
KEYWORDS
schooling; sociology teaching; literary reading; gender and sexuality; teaching methodology