Digital technology and literary reader training

creating a fanfiction through the Wattpad application

Abstract

This article qualitatively analyzes the use of a reading and writing application on a mobile device, especially smartphones, in the classroom context. Using the Wattpad application to create a fanfiction based on the work The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis, our analysis privileged technology in its pedagogical interactions, especially about contributions to the formation of the literary reader, as well as other aspects important aspects of this resource in education. We note that this reading and creative writing strategy offers alternatives for those involved to expand their imaginative capabilities, providing them with greater contact with the literary universe and, more intensely, with the world of creativity - such as the production of fanfic itself -, in addition to increase the chances of forming literary readers, as it brings participants closer to the habit of reading and writing. This debate, therefore, is the result of several social, educational, and technological factors and trends, ranging from the need for engagement and motivation to learning, with an emphasis on changes in behavior in the face of the need to act in an increasingly more technological and digital.