Contextualization of mathematical problems using literature.
Contextualization of Problems, Lewis Carroll, Malba Tahan, Challenges.
This work addresses a relationship between mathematics and literature, focusing on the elaboration of contextualized problems. The intention is to present a methodology of teaching using literatures that cover mathematical contents, even if discretely. The literature in question is “Alice in Wonderland," written by Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; “The Man Who Counted", by Malba Tahan, pseudonym of Júlio César de Mello e Souza; and related works such as “Alice in Puzzle-Land" and “Funny and Curious Mathematics", providing to the teachers of Elementary II, Highschool and even in higher education, a differentiated view of contextualizing activities or creating challenges through the works cited.