Video Games as a Tool for the Promotion of Reading Literature: Video Games as a Tool for the Promotion of Reading Literature

In the context of present reading situation in Mexico, studies published by official institutions (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes in 2006), report that the reading habit in the country, not only is minimal, but even that those who call themselves readers not necessarily read literature...

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Autores: MUNGUÍA LÓPEZ, ADRIANA, ARAOZ ROBLES, MARÍA EDITH
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA
Repositorio:Estudios de Ambda Teoría y práctica de la didáctica en lengua y literatura
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudioslambda.unison.mx:article/27
Acceso en línea:https://estudioslambda.unison.mx/index.php/estudioslambda/article/view/27
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fomento a la lectura
videojuegos
literatura
Reading promotion
video games
literature
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Sumario:In the context of present reading situation in Mexico, studies published by official institutions (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes in 2006), report that the reading habit in the country, not only is minimal, but even that those who call themselves readers not necessarily read literature. In this paper the authors present a proposal on the use of commercial video games as a tool to approach young gamers to literature. This work is a part of a thesis investigation under way, where two phenomena, apparently different to each other and from different worlds, converge: literature and video games, this last, considered as visual narrative. Our goal is to present the important aspects of the literary workshop that took place at University of Sonora with university students, in order to rouse their interest in the literary world using their attachment for video games. Although the results of this work are still in the process of analysis, a first approach allows us to observe that video games can be an effective way to promote literature and encourage reading habits.