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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461246603321

Autore

Peperstraten Jan-Jaap van

Titolo

Literary intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : a virtue theoretical analysis with special reference to its educational implications / / Jan-Jaap van Peperstraten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Leiden University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-23200-6

9786613232007

94-006-0025-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

LUP Dissertaties

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Literature - Study and teaching (Higher)

Education

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.

Nota di contenuto

Literary Intelligence : a Virtue Theoretical Analysis with Special Reference to its Educational Implications; Table of Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 : Introduction; Chapter 2: the Epistemic Dimension of the Concept of Literary Intelligence in Scrutiny; Chapter 3: Some Educational Implications of the Concept of Literary Intelligence: the Case of David Holbrook; Chapter 4: Literary Intelligence as a form of Practical Wisdom; Chapter 5: Towards a Theory of Intellectual Virtue; Chapter 6: Applying Virtue Theory to Reading Education; Chapter 7: A deontology of reading education

Chapter 8: ConclusionAppendix; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Many arguments have been made for the moral relevance of reading capacity. In this study Jan-Jaap van Peperstraten focuses on the most viable of these: the notion of a 'Literary Intelligence' as formulated by the English literary critic F.R. Leavis and his students. It is argued that Literary Intelligence is best conceptualized as a form of intellectual virtue: an acquired, intrinsically good, cognitive mental trait. Particular recourse is taken to the virtueethical work of Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski and it is concluded that the fostering of a reading praxis may lead to



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