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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457167503321

Autore

Linkon Sherry Lee <1959->

Titolo

Literary learning [[electronic resource] ] : teaching the English major / / Sherry Lee Linkon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-00559-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Scholarship of teaching and learning

Disciplina

820.71/1

Soggetti

English literature - Study and teaching (Higher)

American literature - Study and teaching (Higher)

Literature - Study and teaching (Higher)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 The Literary Mind; 2 Making Literary Thinking Visibl; 3 Course Design for Literary Learning; 4 Analyzing Students' Learning; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Literary Learning explores the nature of literary knowledge and offers                guidance for effective teaching of literature at the college level. What do English                majors need to learn? How can we help them develop the skills and knowledge they                need? By identifying the habits of mind that literary scholars use in their own                research and writing, Sherry Lee Linkon articulates the strategic knowledge that                lies at the heart of the discipline, offering important insights and models for                beginning and experienced teac