On the Teaching of Literature: From Charismatic Secrecy to Joyful Revelation

ISBN-13: 9781845198251 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 172 str.

Flemming Olsen

Opis

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.