Promoting Reading in the Classrooms of Bachillerato. The Relationship Spaces between El Manuscrito de Piedra by Luis García Jambrina and La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas

This study considers a didactic proposal that aims to promote the reading of a classic novel such as La Celestina for students in the first year of Bachillerato. The method followed is based on the use of an intertextual reader through contrasting it in relation to the classic work and contemporary novel El manuscrito de piedra (2008) written by Luis García Jambrina. For this, we set out a didactic sequence to the student body which allows them to immerse themselves thoroughly within the Celestina world and fully experience it.

This classroom procedure will be carried out taking into consideration students’ previous literary knowledge, as well as their personal experiences with reading. In this respect, we present a series of activities directed at the revitalization of classic texts through which teachers and trainees must employ critical and reflexive thought. All of this will be carried out from the proposals that the investigation-action establishes. 

Keywords: promotion of reading; classics; intertextuality.