A CONSTRUÇÃO DO SUJEITO LEITOR POR MEIO DE CONTOS AMAZÔNICOS

ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the comprehension of the short story Cauré by second-year high school students, fostering their perception as transformative agents of the environment through reading. The research investigated the role of language functions – conative, emotive, phatic, metalinguistic, poetic, and referential – in constructing textual meaning and developing critical readers. The goal was to enable students to associate the reading of the story with their prior knowledge, allowing them to contextualize the narrative with reality and interpret the messages conveyed. The methodology involved bibliographic research and field studies, based on readings of language theorists and applied in a public school in the capital of Amazonas. Keywords: Functions of Language, Readers Ability, Tale.