A diachronic study of the concept of writing and textual production in nova escola magazine

Abstract

In this article we have the intention of analyze, through a chronological selection of texts from the magazine Nova Escola, the changes related to the concepts and writing practices in this printed publication. To achieve this goal, we have selected and analyzed written texts production between 1986 and 2010, comparing to the instructions from the official documents that conduct the pedagogic practices of native language (Portuguese). We’ve used the following analysis criteria: conception of writing; frequently textual genres; which grade the described activities refer; explicitly methodology and, finally, the importance gave to the grammatical correction. The results of the analysis indicated that the magazine made a movement of appropriation of language practices discussed in each period. We realize that the publication, even thought in a non-simultaneous way, keep up with the changes demanded by the native language practices and, along the years, its sight of textual production is clearly changed: the focus moves from the simple composing towards an intense work with textual genres.