Revisiting Grammar teaching issues from a Bakhtinian point of view

Abstract

The objective of this article is to discuss the issues of Grammar and its teaching from a discursive perspective, facing the challenge in teaching grammar: to avoid the trap of simple memorization of rules that not always correspond to their practical application. Having as reference the theoretical reflections present in Bakhtin’s teaching notes (2004) and the dialogical theory of the Circle, we aim to discuss the problem of punctuation used in the literary text. The punctuation, as an ideographical set of signals, can be used in structuring sentences, creating unexpected effects, many times in opposition to the norm, thus contributing to the author’s artistic project. Clarice Lispector’s work, A hora da estrela (1984) was chosen as an object of analysis. Thus it is expected to throw some light on the aspects of punctuation marks and their stylistic effects, leading to a more critical approach to teach Grammar.