John V. Maclean

If You Teach It, They Will Read

Literature's Life Lessons for Today's Students

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Produktbeschreibung

To teach literature is to discuss the eternal questions that human beings have juggled in all ages and in all places. This book helps to present those discussions in terms that resonate with today's students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781607097785
• ISBN-10: 1607097788
• Artikelnr.: 30165166

Autorenporträt

By John V. MacLean

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Read Good Books? Chapter 2 "Who's There?" Cyrano de Bergerac and A Lesson Before Dying Chapter 3 Rite of Passage - The Odyssey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Heart of Darkness Chapter 4 The Quest - Arthurian Legends
Siddhartha
The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 I Want a Hero - The Canterbury Tales
Beowulf
Hamlet Chapter 6 Or an Anti-Hero - Native Son
The Stranger Chapter 7 Literary Devices Chapter 8 A Woman's Place - Medea
A Doll's House Chapter 9 The Little Things That Matter - Emma
Pride and Prejudice Chapter 10 Dealing with Loss - "The Wanderer
" The Hemingway Hero
The Tempest Chapter 11 The Need to Dream
Of Mice and Men
The Glass Menagerie
The Great Gatsby Chapter 12 The Weight of the Past - Oedipus
The Piano Lesson Chapter 13 Private Morality and Second Chances - The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible
The Kite Runner Chapter 14 Throwing the Good Away - Macbeth
Fences
Death of a Salesman Chapter 15 Love
Actually - Twelfth Night
Othello
Wuthering Heights Chapter 16 Some Great Deed
The Iliad Chapter 17 Final Thoughts