Canons and Contexts

Zusatztext Excellent...An important, provocative book that...adds much to the heated discussion of the canon. Klappentext This collection of essays places issues central to literary study, particularly the question of the canon, in the context of institutional practices in American colleges and universities. Lauter addresses such crucial concerns as what students should read and study, how standards of "quality" are defined and changed, the limits of theoretical discourse, and the ways race, gender, and class shape not only teaching, curricula, and research priorities, but collegiate personnel actions as well.The book examines critically the variety of recent proposals for "reforming" higher education, and it calls into question many practices -- like employing large numbers of part-timers -- now popular with college managers. Offering concrete examples of a "comparative" method of teaching literary texts, and specific instances for "integrating" curricula, Canons and Contexts proposes realistic ideas for creating varied, spirited, and democratic classrooms and colleges. Zusammenfassung Lauter is one of the leading figures in the project known as Reconstructing American Literature. The essays in this book represent his effort to establish a theory of `Canonical Criticism'. They reflect the eloquence and passion of a serious commitment to understanding and influencing the relationship between social justice, academic freedom, and literary history.

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• Authors: Paul Lauter, Paul (Professor of American Studies Lauter, Lauter Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.1991
• EAN: 9780195068320
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506832-0
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Education, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Literature: history and criticism, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational strategies and policy, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy