...Jesper Gulddal This article presents a three-stage critique of the “schools approach” to teaching literary theory at the undergraduate level. First, it demonstrates the continued dominance of this approach both in teaching programs and in the textbook literature. Second, it discusses the approach's...

... literary theory students open to and aware of such change, suggesting that hope is the grounding condition for any effective teaching act as well as an effective ground for reading in an era of globalization. As several scholars have pointed out, the decades during which theory held the most prestige...

...Patricia A. Matthew; Jonathan Greenberg This article argues that introducing undergraduates to literary criticism and theory can be most effectively accomplished through the teaching of children's literature, fantasy literature, and Disney films alongside traditional literary criticism. We discuss...

...Angela J. Zito Abstract This article introduces a grounded theory of assessment in literary studies. Analysis of instructor interviews elucidates the cultural and dispositional influences that shape some instructors’ conscious decision not to teach or assess affective learning outcomes like empathy...

...Stephen Sutherland To build on the legacy of reader-response theory, English studies needs to destabilize the foundational binary separation of reading and writing by creating stronger intradisciplinary relations between composition and literary studies. English studies professors can do so...

...Colleen M. Tremonte; Linda Racioppi This article investigates the challenges of interdisciplinary teaching that crosses the fields of postcolonial literary studies and international relations. Interdisciplinary courses demand that teachers be able to comprehend, translate, and represent different...

... Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents , 2nd ed. Urbana, IL : Teachers College Press and National Council of Teachers of English . Brautigan Richard . 2006 . “The Scarlatti Tilt.” In Revenge of the Lawn , 37 . Edinburgh : Canongate . Cadell...

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... Literature. New York: Norton. Appleman, Deborah. 2000. Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. New York: Teachers College Press. Booker, M. Keith. 2001. Teaching with The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: Norton. Chakrabarty, Dipesh. 2000...

... Literature. New York: Norton. Appleman, Deborah. 2000. Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. New York: Teachers College Press. Booker, M. Keith. 2001. Teaching with The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: Norton. Chakrabarty, Dipesh. 2000...

... as sophistication. Works Cited for Roundtable Abrams, M. H. 1962. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York: Norton. Appleman, Deborah. 2000. Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. New York: Teachers College Press. Booker, M. Keith. 2001. Teaching...

... School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents . New York: Teachers College Press. Atwell, Nancy. 1998 . In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning. 2d ed. Portsmouth, N.H.: Boynton/Cook. Bauer, Dale. 1999 . “The Other `F' Word: The Feminist in the Classroom...

... School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents . New York: Teachers College Press. Atwell, Nancy. 1998 . In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning. 2d ed. Portsmouth, N.H.: Boynton/Cook. Bauer, Dale. 1999 . “The Other `F' Word: The Feminist in the Classroom...

... with their experience of the program, though not completely; I also regard formalism and literary history as powerful modes of inquiry that are enlivened by rather than embalmed in contemporary theory. I am grateful for the training in teaching literature that I received from my own professors, especially because I...

... with their experience of the program, though not completely; I also regard formalism and literary history as powerful modes of inquiry that are enlivened by rather than embalmed in contemporary theory. I am grateful for the training in teaching literature that I received from my own professors, especially because I...

... with their experience of the program, though not completely; I also regard formalism and literary history as powerful modes of inquiry that are enlivened by rather than embalmed in contemporary theory. I am grateful for the training in teaching literature that I received from my own professors, especially because I...

... the criticisms of creative writing s perceived disciplinary insularity (particularly in regard to rhetorical theory) had an impact on the teaching of literary writing? And what are the predictors such as experience teaching composition or enrollment in a teaching practicum that correlate with a crossover...

... teaching literary texts (or terms or contexts or theories) to teaching literary skills. As Michael Carter (2007: 385) argues, disciplines are not simply bodies of knowledge but shared “ways of doing.” Accordingly, teaching literary studies means teaching the ways of reading and writing...

... so, Valenza observes, museum visitors still remain, like students in many literature courses, spectators rather than participants. While one can teach about scientific or literary-theoretical differences, it seems harder to invite students to do theory by adjudicating these differences...

... literary theory literary criticism critical university studies undercommons “But it is teaching that brings us in.” —Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study , 27 Each spring hundreds of literary theory and criticism courses are taught in colleges...