On the teaching of literature : from charismatic secrecy to joyful revelation / / Flemming Olsen

• Autore: Olsen Flemming
• Pubblicazione: Eastbourne, England : , : Sussex Academic Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 372.64/044
• Soggetto topico: Literature - Study and teaching (Elementary)
• Classificazione: EDU029050LCO000000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Non-Fiction vs. Fiction; Chapter Two: Why Do We Teach Literature; Chapter Three: Literature as Teaching Material; Chapter Four: The Text; Chapter Five: The Teacher; Chapter Six: The Reader; Chapter Seven: The Workshop; Chapter Eight: The Pedagogical Challenges of the Different Genres; Chapter Nine: Sticking Points: Value, Evaluation, the Literary Experience; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: "Drawing on the author's teaching practice and experience, this book is based on the premise that reading and analyzing literary texts are rewarding pursuits. The target group is grammar school pupils and students at colleges of education and universities. Pedagogic theories are dealt with only in so far as they are applicable to the teaching situation. After establishing the distinction between fiction, which demands 'a willing suspension of disbelief', and non-fiction, which is set in the universe of the pupil's experience, succeeding chapters set out the benefits for the teaching of literature - namely, how it encompasses psychology, history, and aesthetics. It fulfils the Horatian demand 'profit and delight'. After addressing the pedagogic assets and liabilities of various theories of the concept of text, what lies at the heart of the book is how teachers tackle their role in guiding and inspiring without pontificating. The invitation to the student is to cooperate constructively, but not uncritically. Issues of interpretation and the passing on of interpretative paradigms are alerted to, which leads naturally on to the pedagogic challenge of explaining the potentialities of different genres, and the necessity of a firm grounding in technical terms like composition, style, theme, metaphor, etc. as didactic tools. A concluding chapter suggests criteria that may make value and evaluation rest on strong foundations in acknowledgement of the subjective elements inherent in 'the literary experience', namely to avoid making literary analysis a schematic formula and to ensure that it promotes the expansion of the student's humanistic horizon"--
• Titolo autorizzato: On the teaching of literature
• ISBN: 1-78284-360-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811800403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II