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Teaching Literature
Contributor(s): Showalter, Elaine (Author)
ISBN: 0631226249     ISBN-13: 9780631226246
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2002
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Annotation: "Teaching Literature" is an indispensable guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Drawing on 40 years of international teaching experience, author Elaine Showalter inspires instructors to make their classroom practice as intellectually exciting as their research.


Showalter's wide-ranging reflections address practical, theoretical, and methodological issues. She starts out by describing the anxieties of teaching literature and by outlining the major theories and methods circulating in the field. She then goes on to look separately at teaching drama, fiction, poetry, and theory, and to explore ways to teach teaching. Finally, she investigates the moral issues involved in teaching, and the practical ethics of handling touchy subjects, from sexuality to suicide.

Examples from real classes and careers are cited throughout, generating an unusual degree of authenticity and immediacy.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 807.11
LCCN: 2002006133
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (0.61 lbs) 176 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Teaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education.
  • Written by leading academic, prolific author and cultural journalist, Elaine Showalter
  • Original and provocative reflections on teaching literature in higher education
  • Encourages teachers to make their classroom practice intellectually exciting
  • Wide-ranging - covers the practical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of teaching literature
  • Highly practical - employs real examples from real classes and careers throughout
  • Draws on 40 years of international teaching experience