Los mitos mexicanos en la literatura de los libros de texto

Abstract

Textbooks used in primary education schools contain information to address the expected learning outcomes for each subject area. Additionally, they include cultural elements related to the formation of a personal identity, as well as an image of their peers, their space, and their community. In this study, we are interested in observing the construction and reconstruction of mythical figures of Mexican identity in literature aimed at schoolaged children. To this end, we reviewed the official textbooks, specifically the Spanish Reading volumes distributed to students in all six grades of primary education during the 2017-2018 school year. This work is part of a broader investigation into the construction of national identity, where we start from a dialogical perspective of discourse análisis to observe representations of the Mexican. Thus, we have observed that educational materials construct a concept of national identity through symbols and images that correspond more to an idealized sociocultural stance than a critical one.