Taller de escritura creativa para personas adultas mayores de la comunidad de Uzhupud: un enfoque sociocultural

Abstract

The exercise of reading and writing always requires contextual analysis of the phenomena that mark the lines of development of a country; This is paying attention to its history, culture, population, etc. Therefore, a state policy from a sociocultural approach that promotes literature must respond to the particularities and diversity of actors that are involved in its environment. Older adults are a specific group of human communities that require attention from educational, creative and literary practices. That is why a creative writing workshop must consider these elements when formulating a didactic proposal that seeks to motivate and enhance the written production of texts based on creative writing. Nowadays, there are several workshops focused on creative literary writing, however, most of these are aimed only at young people and adults, in consolidation of this problem, read the articles and research that were found as background in this text. Therefore, this degree work presents the creation, development and evaluation of a creative writing workshop for older adults in rural areas, specifically from the community of Uzhupud, Paute canton, starting from the sociocultural approach.