El relato social gráfico como estrategia de enseñanza-aprendizaje del realismo social ecuatoriano

Abstract

Abstract: A graphic story, represented in: graphic novels, comics, story telling, or manga, is an effective tool to show social realism, in that it allows stories and social realities to be presented feom the past and present in a visual form. The present investigation intends to evaluate the effectivity of the graphic story as a valuable resource to teach social realism as a literary current in the classroom. The information of both categories is presented along with the relationship between them for the implementation of an educational proposal focused on students in the second year of high school. A qualitative, descriptive and bibliographic methodology is established for the research, with the purpose of sustaining the research in this field. In addition, the systematic and rigorous analysis of bibliographic information from various reliable sources made this research reliable and valid. It is concluded that the graphic story is an effective tool to teach social realism, as it allows cultural, political, and historical reflection, and the visual alphabetization. It's use can improve comprehension, motivation and creativity in students.