Literature, Pedagogy, and Curriculum in Secondary Education : Examples from France / by M. Martin Guiney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guiney, M. Martin., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education.

Literacy.

Education--Curricula.

Education.

Early Childhood Education.

Curriculum Studies.

Local Subjects:

Early Childhood Education.

Literacy.

Curriculum Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This book argues for the importance of literature studies using the historical debate between the disinterested disciplines (“art for art’s sake”) and utilitarian or productive disciplines. Foregoing the traditional argument that literature is a unique spiritual resource, as well as the utilitarian thought that literary pedagogy promotes skills that are relevant to a post-industrial economy, Guiney suggests that literary pedagogy must enable mutual access between the classroom and the outside world. It must recognize the need for every human being to become a conscious producer of culture rather than a consumer, through an active process of literary reading and writing. Using the history of French curricular reforms as a case study for his analysis, Guiney provides a contextualized redefinition of literature’s social value.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Aristocrats or Anarchists: Who Has Power over Lite

Chapter 2. The Baccalauréat Exam and the French Canonical Literary Exercise

Chapter 3. Inventing and Defending the General Education of Literature

Chapter 4. Literature in French Schools after 1968

Chapter 5. How (Not) to Teach: “Parroting” vs “Proximity” in Cinematic Representations of Literary Pedagogy

Chapter 6. Harnessing the Neoliberal Beast. <conclusion. < div=""></conclusion. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9783319521381

3319521381