Literature by Female Authors in the Entrance Examinations COVEST-PE (1996 – 2013): a matter of canon
COVEST-PE, Gender, Canon, Education Policies.
The present study focused on analyzing the Literature tests of the Second Phase of the
Entrance Exam COVEST-PE, between the years 1996 and 2013. The proposal aims to
raise the presence of Literature by Female Authorship in the selected documentation,
drawing a parallel to theoretical debates that they are divided between the study of public
policies for education (LESSA, 2012); (GALIAN, 2014); (SAVIANI, 1999);
(BOURDIEU; PASSERON, 1992), gender debates, women's access to educational
spaces and literary production (DUARTE, 2003); (HOLLANDA, 1992); (SILVA,
2015); (BRITO, 2010); (SILVA, 2018); (SCOTT, 1995); canon and its dynamics in
Brazilian society (MUZART, 1995); (CAIRO, 2001); (FREITAS, 2008); (CANDIDO,
1997). The methodological analysis encompasses a crossing of sources that focus on
developing a comparative analysis of the results found, including the construction of
tables and discussions that complement the evidence. Among these, newspaper s, books
and the entrance exam manual were observed, which confirm the general result of the
work. It has been seen that in general terms these proofs represent a literary canon that
is essentially male, white and of a certain social group.