Teaching World Literature

Author : David Damrosch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015080838892

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Teaching World Literature by David Damrosch Pdf

This is an exciting, and unsettling, time to be teaching world literature, writes David Damrosch. Because the range of works taught in world literature courses has expanded enormously, both historically and geographically, the task of selection—and of teacher preparation—has grown more challenging. Teachers of this field must grapple with such issues as coverage, cultural difference, and the role of translation in the classroom. Should one emphasize masterpieces or traditions, concepts or themes? How does one avoid making a work bear the burden of representing an entire tradition? To what extent should anthologies be used? Can a course be global in scope and yet focus on a few works, authors, moments? This collection of thirty-two essays in the MLA series Options for Teaching offers an array of solutions to these challenges, reflecting the wide variety of institutions, courses, and students described by the contributors. An annotated bibliography is provided, with a listing of useful Web sites.

Author : Marcia McClintock Folsom,John Wiltshire
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294799

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Approaches to Teaching Austen's Persuasion by Marcia McClintock Folsom,John Wiltshire Pdf

Jane Austen is a favorite with many students, whether they've read her novels or viewed popular film adaptations. But Persuasion, completed at the end of her life, can be challenging for students to approach. They are surprised to meet a heroine so subdued and self-sacrificing, and the novel's setting during the Napoleonic wars may be unfamiliar. This volume provides teachers with avenues to explore the depths and richness of the novel with both Austen fans and newcomers. Part 1, "Materials," suggests editions for classroom use, criticism, and multimedia resources. Part 2, "Approaches," presents strategies for teaching the literary, contextual, and philosophical dimensions of the novel. Essays address topics such as free indirect discourse and other narrative techniques; social class in Austen's England; the role of the navy during war and peacetime; key locations in the novel, including Lyme Regis and Bath; and health, illness, and the ethics of care.

Author : Masood Ashraf Raja,Hillary Stringer,Zach VandeZande
Publisher : Springer
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137319760

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Critical Pedagogy and Global Literature by Masood Ashraf Raja,Hillary Stringer,Zach VandeZande Pdf

In one volume, this edited collection provides both a theoretical and praxis-driven engagement with teaching world literature, focusing on various aspects of critical pedagogy. Included are nine praxis-driven essays by instructors who have taught world literature courses at the university level.

Author : Gaurav Desai,John Hawley
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603293983

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh by Gaurav Desai,John Hawley Pdf

The prizewinning author of novels, nonfiction, and hybrid texts, Amitav Ghosh grew up in India and trained as an anthropologist. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. They cross and mix a number of genres, from science fiction to the historical novel, incorporating ethnohistory and travelogue and even recuperating dead languages. His subjects include climate change, postcolonial identities, translocation, migration, oceanic spaces, and the human interface with the environment. Part 1 of this volume discusses editions of Ghosh's works and the scholarship on Ghosh. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," present ideas for teaching his works through considerations of postcolonial feminism, historicity in the novels, environmentalism, language, sociopolitical conflict, genre, intersectional reading, and the ethics of colonized subjecthood. Guidance for teaching Ghosh in different contexts, such as general education, world literature, or single-author classes, is provided.

Author : Andrew Goodwyn,Cal Durrant,Louann Reid,Lisa Scherff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315396446

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International Perspectives on the Teaching of Literature in Schools by Andrew Goodwyn,Cal Durrant,Louann Reid,Lisa Scherff Pdf

Literature teaching remains central to the teaching of English around the world. This edited text brings together expert global figures under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE). The book captures a state-of-the-art snapshot of leading trends in current literature teaching, as well as detailing predicted trends for the future. The expert scholar and leading teacher contributors, coming from a wide range of countries with fascinatingly diverse approaches to literature teaching, cover a range of central and fundamental topics: literature and diversity; digital literatures; pedagogy and reader response; mother tongues; the business of reading; publishers, adolescent fiction and censorship; assessing responses to literature; the changing definitions of literature and multimodal texts. The collection reviews the consistently important place of literature in the education of young people and provides international evidence of its enduring value and contribution to education, resisting the functionalist and narrowly nationalist perspectives of misguided government authorities. International Perspectives on the Teaching of Literature in Schools will be of value to researchers, PhD students, literature scholars, practitioners, teacher educators, teachers and all those in the extensive academic community interested in English and literacy around the world.

Author : Sofia Ahlberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Crises
ISBN : 0367637995

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Teaching Literature in Times of Crisis by Sofia Ahlberg Pdf

Teaching Literature in Times of Crisis looks at the range of different crises currently affecting students - from climate change and systemic racism, to the global pandemic. Addressing the impact on students' ability and motivation to learn as well as their emotional wellbeing, this volume guides teachers toward strategies for introducing both canonical and contemporary literature in ways that demonstrate the future relevance of sophisticated and targeted literacy skills. These reading practices are invaluable for framing and critically examining the challenges associated with crisis in order to help cope with grief and as a means to impart the skills needed to deal with crisis, such as adaptability, flexibility, resilience, and resistance. Providing necessary background theory, alongside practical case studies, the book addresses: Reading practices for demonstrating how literature explores ethical issues in specific and concrete rather than abstract terms Making connections between disparate phenomena, and how literature mobilises affect in individual and collective human lives Supporting teachers in considering new, imaginative ways students can learn from literary content and form in online or remote learning environments as well as face to face Combining close and distant reading with creative and hands-on strategies, presenting the principles of a transitional pedagogy for a world in flux. This book introduces teachers to methods for reading and studying literature with the aim of strengthening and promoting resilience and resourcefulness in and out of the literature classroom and empower students as global citizens with local roles to play.

Author : Haskell M. Block
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015008363916

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The Teaching of World Literature by Haskell M. Block Pdf

Author : Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294560

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Teaching Young Adult Literature by Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites Pdf

Thanks to the success of franchises such as The Hunger Games and Twilight, young adult literature has reached a new level of prominence and popularity. Teens and adults alike are drawn to the genre's coming-of-age themes, fast pacing, and vivid emotional portrayals. The essays in this volume suggest ways high school and college instructors can incorporate YA texts into courses in literature, education, library science, and general education. The first group of essays explores key issues in YA literature, situates works in cultural contexts, and addresses questions of text selection and censorship. The second section discusses a range of genres within YA literature, including both realistic and speculative fiction as well as verse narratives, comics, and film. The final section offers ideas for assignments, including interdisciplinary and digital projects, in a variety of courses.

Author : Larry Swartz
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781551389424

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Teaching Tough Topics by Larry Swartz Pdf

Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.

Author : Franco Ricci
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291651

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Italo Calvino by Franco Ricci Pdf

Given the range of his writing, teaching Calvino can seem a daunting task. This volume aims to help instructors develop creative and engaging classroom strategies. Part 1, "Materials," presents an overview of Calvino's writings, nearly all of which are available in English translation, as well as critical works and online resources. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," focus on general themes and cultural contexts, address theoretical issues, and provide practical classroom applications. Contributors describe strategies for teaching Calvino that are as varied as his writings, whether having students study narrative theory through If on a winter's night a traveler, explore literary genre with Cosmicomics, improve their writing using Six Memos for the Next Millennium, or read Mr. Palomar in a general education humanities course.

Author : Andrea Tarnowski
Publisher : Modern Language Association of America
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1603293272

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Christine de Pizan by Andrea Tarnowski Pdf

A prolific poet and a protofeminist, Christine de Pizan worked within a sophisticated late medieval court culture and formed an identity as an authority on her society's preoccupations with religion, politics, and morality. Her works address various aspects of misogyny, the appropriate actions of rulers, and the ethical framework for social conduct. In addition to gaining a readership in fifteenth-century France, Christine's works influenced writers in Tudor England and were identified by twentieth-century readers as important contributions both to the emergence of a professional literary class and to the intellectual climate that gave rise to early modern Europe.Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," surveys the editions in Middle French, translations into modern French and English, and the many scholarly resources and critical reactions of the past fifty years. Part 2, "Approaches," provides insights into various aspects of Christine's works that can be explored with students, from considerations of genre and form to the themes of virtue, history, and memory. Teachers of French, English, world literature, and women's studies will find useful ideas throughout the volume.

Author : Elizabeth McCallum Marlow
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1973613948

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How to Teach World Literature by Elizabeth McCallum Marlow Pdf

How does one keep classic books alive for young people today and teach them that literature is instructional and delightful? How does the teacher foster a classroom environment that encourages student participation and promotes enjoyment so that teenagers learn to appreciate literary study? More specifically, how can literature teachers cover centuries of world literature with students who dont appreciate why they should read material written long ago about people and issues that appear to be irrelevant to life today in a language that seems esoteric? The author of this series of high school teaching guides addresses these issues. How to Teach World Literature: A Practical Teaching Guide provides a detailed resource for teachers or anyone interested in an in-depth study of the subject. This third book in the series covers world literature from the ancient Greeks and Romans to contemporary works. Included are suggestions for cultivating a love for literature, teaching techniques, detailed analyses of each work, questions for review and test questions with suggested responses, essay topics, audio-visual aids, classroom handouts, and recommended books that enhance teaching. The author emphasizes two basic reasons for teaching literature. It is instructional and delightful. This book provides a comprehensive methodology for teaching the subject that a teacher could apply to one years lesson plans without further investment in time. Other books in this series are titled How to Teach British Literature: A Practical Teaching Guide and How to Teach American Literature: A Practical Teaching Guide. How to Teach World Literature: A Practical Teaching Guide by Elizabeth McCallum Marlow is a thorough, traditional approach to teaching classic world literature. The authors emphases on reading and writing will aid teachers, novices, and veterans to build a solid curriculum. This volume includes many supplemental resources and student-centered activities. The guide is a valuable tool for teachers. Jane Ferguson M.Ed, Ed.S. High School English Teacher and College English Instructor Truett McConnell College, GA University of Georgia, Athens, GA Elizabeth McCallum Marlow has developed a quality comprehensive guide for the teaching community based on her thirty-five years of experience and her passion for literature. Teaching professionals will find her tried and true practices to be invaluable. Dr. Johnathan Arnold, MBA, M.Ed., D.Ed.Min Headmaster Covenant Christian Academy, Cumming, GA

Author : Oliver Lovesey
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291835

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o by Oliver Lovesey Pdf

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of postindependence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in Gĩkũyũ, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism continue despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the teaching of Ngũgĩ's novels, plays, memoirs, and criticism. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," consider the influence of Frantz Fanon, Karl Marx, and Joseph Conrad on Ngũgĩ; the role of women in and influence of feminism on his fiction; his interpretation and political use of African history; his experimentation with orality and allegory in narrative; and the different challenges of teaching Ngũgĩ in classrooms in the United States, Europe, and Africa."

Author : John O. Jordan,Gordon Bigelow
Publisher : Approaches to Teaching World L
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015079156439

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Approaches to Teaching Dickens's Bleak House by John O. Jordan,Gordon Bigelow Pdf

A central text both in Dickens's career and in the history of the novel itself, Bleak House provides students and teachers occasion to discuss Victorian social concerns involving law, crime, family, education, and money and to learn about every stratum of English society, from the aristocracy to the homeless. But the sheer size of the novel and its narrative intricacy pose pedagogical obstacles. The essays in this volume offer instructors an array of practical strategies for use in the classroom: some describe courses organized exclusively around Bleak House; others offer ideas for teaching a single scene or topic in the novel. The book opens with part 1, "Materials," which assesses editions and provides a guide to the wealth of resources available to instructors, including reference works, critical studies, and background readings, in print and on the Web. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," discuss nineteenth-century British culture and Victorian social texts; present ways to teach specific scenes, patterns, and problems in the novel; describe intertextual approaches; and detail specific courses taught in different settings and at a variety of educational levels.

Author : Zoran Kuzmanovich,Galya Diment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131789393

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Approaches to Teaching Nabokov's Lolita by Zoran Kuzmanovich,Galya Diment Pdf

Widely considered one of the twentieth century's great novels, Lolita maintains an established place on the syllabus. Yet its mix of narrative strategies, ornate allusive prose, and troublesome subject matter complicates its presentation to students. This volume helps instructors make Lolita accessible to students. Part 1 opens with an extensive chronology of the author's life, outlines the novel's convoluted publication history, and identifies useful textual and audiovisual. Part 2 concentrates on the novel's ethical quandries and introduces its textual intricacies.