Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters - Imagination, Interpretation, Insight

Elaborates a theory of reading developed in an earlier book, by offering a larger discussion of what constitatutes the act of literacy engagement and the ways these acts contribute to the ongoing invention of the "reading subject."

List of contents

Contents: Preface. The Gradual Instant. Learning How to Create Insight. Interpreting Identities: Troubling Bodies. Learning How to Be a Subject. Interpreting Identities: Every Moment Is Two Moments. Learning How to Fall in Love. Interpreting Identities: Enlarging the Space of the Possible. Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters.

About the author

Dennis J. Sumara

Summary

Elaborates a theory of reading developed in an earlier book, by offering a larger discussion of what constitatutes the act of literacy engagement and the ways these acts contribute to the ongoing invention of the "reading subject."

Product details

• Authors: Dennis J Sumara, Dennis J. Sumara, Sumara Dennis J.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2002
• EAN: 9780805842289
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-4228-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Weight: 530 g
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Schools, Educational: English language & literacy, Schools and pre-schools, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Schools / General