Who is Afraid of Remote Teaching?

Challenges of Literature Teaching in the Era of Digital Platforms

Abstract

The need to migrate from face-to-face classes to digital platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated a situation that was no longer auspicious: that of teaching literature. If the difficulty in maintaining attention levels on the literary text, a necessary condition for a deep reading experience, which develops analogical, inferential, and empathic skills, already constituted a challenge in the classroom, the contingencies inherent to remote teaching and the nature of screen reading makes the task even more difficult. This article aims to reflect on some challenges that need to be imposed on the teaching of literature in the era of digital platforms and to propose, experimentally, some approach modalities that may eventually make it more efficient.