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Teaching the literature of today's Middle East / Allen Webb, with David Alvarez ... [and others].

Van Pelt Library PJ809 .T43 2012
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Webb, Allen, 1957-
Alvarez, David Edward, 1965-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Middle Eastern literature--Study and teaching.
Middle Eastern literature.
Muslims in literature.
Middle East--In literature--Study and teaching.
Middle East.
Muslims in literature--Study and teaching.
Middle East Region.
Physical Description:
pages ; cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Summary:
Providing a gateway into the real literature emerging from the Middle East, this book shows teachers how to make the topic authentic, powerful, and relevant. Teaching the Literature of Today 's Middle East: Introduces teachers to this literature and how to teach it Brings to the reader a tremendous diversity of teachable texts and materials by Middle Eastern writers Takes a thematic approach that allows students to understand and engage with the region and address key issues Includes stories from the author 's own classroom, and shares student insight and reactions Utilizes contemporary teaching methods, including cultural studies, literary circles, blogs, YouTube, class speakers, and film analysis Directly and powerfully models how to address controversial issues in the region -- Written in an open, personal, and engaging style, theoretically informed and academically smart, highly relevant across the field of literacy education, this text offers teachers and teacher-educators a much needed resource for helping students to think deeply and critically about the politics and culture of the Middle East through literary engagements.
Contents:
Cultural and religious contexts
Teaching about Abraham
The theme of justice
Muslim women in the Middle East
A new high school social studies class: the Middle East, beginning with Turkey
Europe and America in the Middle East: colonialism, neo-colonialism, intervention, terrorism and war
Imbedded: teaching the Iraq War
Teaching the Palestine/Israel conflict
Teaching Moroccan literature of migration
Literature by and about Muslim and Middle Eastern immigrants in the West
Teaching Muslim students
Reading and teaching literature in translation
Connecting British and American literature to the Middle East.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780415874373
0415874378
9780415874380
0415874386
9780203832554
0203832558
OCLC:
548660292

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