Why reading literature in school still matters : imagination, interpretation, insight / Dennis J. Sumara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sumara, Dennis J., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading.

Literature--Study and teaching.

Literature.

Reader-response criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters: Imagination, Interpretation, Insight explains how a reader's involvement with literary texts can create conditions for developing deep insight into human experience, and how teachers can develop these interpretive possibilities in school contexts. Developed from the author's many years of research, this book offers both a theoretical framework that draws from an interdisciplinary array of sources and many compelling and insightful examples of literary engagement of child, adolescent, and adult readers, as well as practical advice for teach

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE The Gradual Instant; CHAPTER TWO Learning How to Create Insight; CHAPTER THREE Interpreting Identities: Troubling Bodies; CHAPTER FOUR Learning How To Be a Subject; CHAPTER FIVE Interpreting Identities: Every Moment is Two Moments; CHAPTER SIX Learning How to Fall in Love; CHAPTER SEVEN Interpreting Identities: Enlarging the Space of the Possible; CHAPTER EIGHT Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters; References; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-63463-7

1-135-63464-5

1-4106-0344-X

1-282-37424-9

9786612374241

0-585-41520-X

9781410603449

OCLC:

437220700