Monsters in the classroom : essays on teaching what scares us / edited by Adam Golub and Heather Richardson Hayton ; foreword by W. Scott Poole ; afterword by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golub, Adam, editor.

Hayton, Heather, 1969- editor.

Poole, W. Scott, 1971- writer of foreword.

Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monsters in education.

Monsters--Study and teaching.

Monsters.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Physical Description:

viii, 253 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"The contributors discuss the implications of inviting fearsome creatures into the classroom, showing how they work to create compelling narratives and provide students a framework for analyzing history, culture and everyday life. Essays explore ways of using the monstrous to teach literature, film, philosophy, theater, art history, religion, foreign language and other subjects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Teaching difference : the monster appears. Teaching monsters from medieval to modern : embracing the abnormal / Asa Simon Mittman

Gender, sexuality and rhetorical vulnerabilities in monster literature and pedagogy / Pamela Bedore

Creating visual rhetoric and the monstrous / Nancy Hightower

Monsters as subversive imagination : inviting monsters into the philosophy classroom / Jessica Elbert Decker

Part II. Transforming space : the monster roams. Locating monsters : space, place and monstrous geographies / Adam Golub

White settlers and wendigos : teaching monstrosity in American gothic narratives / Bernice M. Murphy

Meeting the monstrous through experiential study abroad pedagogy / Kyle William Bishop

using zombies to teach theatre students / Phil Smith

Part III. Disrupting systems : the monster attacks. Studying gods and monsters / Joshua Paddison

Monsters in the dark forest of Japanese grammar / Charlotte Eubanks

High school monsters : designing secondary English courses / Brian Sweeney

The monster waiting within : unleashing Agon in the community / Heather Richardson Hayton

Afterword : monster classroom (seven theses) / Jeffrey Jerome Cohen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 237-248) and index.

ISBN:

9781476663272

1476663270

OCLC:

959535341