Description
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to experience a work of literature? What role does response play in the creation of literary meaning? And what matters really matters in the teaching of English Literature? In this book, Andrew Atherton offers a powerful and timely account of the vital role that student response plays in the English Literature classroom.
This text is deeply immersed in the disciplinary traditions and legacies of what it has meant to experience English Literature, both for its teachers and students. As the English teaching community try to move beyond exam-driven responses, highly restrictive essay structures and explicit teaching of interpretation, this innovative text helps teachers to encourage responses from students that are more authentic and co-constructed. It contains dedicated chapters for teaching novels, plays and poetry as well as generative writing, sentence-level analysis and essay structure. Each chapter is furnished with a wealth of ideas, routines and
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Part I: Thinking About Literature 2. Responding to Novels 3. Responding to Plays 4. Responding to Poetry Part II: Writing About Literature 5. Responding with Generative Writing 6. Responding with the Sentence 7. Responding with Scaffolds, Structures and Essay Shapes
