Tim Gillespie

Doing Literary Criticism

The Cultivation of Thinkers in the Classroom

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the greatest challenges for English language arts teachers today is the call to engage students in more complex texts. Tim Gillespie, who has taught in public schools for almost four decades, has found the lenses of literary criticism a powerful tool for helping students tackle challenging literary texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781571108425
• ISBN-10: 1571108424
• Artikelnr.: 31281685

Autorenporträt

Tim Gillespie, recipient of a National High School English Teacher of Excellence Award from NCTE, has written regularly about his four decades in the classroom for a variety of educational publications. Tim is a former president of the Oregon Council of Teachers of English and codirector of the Oregon Writing Project site at Lewis & Clark College. He lives with his family in Portland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started: Classroom Practices That Support
the Study of Literary Criticism Chapter 2: Reader Response Criticism:
Beginning with Personal Meaning and Classroom Community Chapter 3:
Biographical Criticism: Examining the Relevance of Writers' Lives and
Identities Chapter 4: Historical Criticism: Weighing the Historical Context
of Works of Literature Chapter 5: Psychological Criticism: Using Literature
to Understand Human Behavior Chapter 6: Archetypal Criticism: Finding the
Mythic Resonance in Texts Chapter 7: Genre Criticism: Exploring
Classifications and Contexts Chapter 8: Moral Criticism: Probing the Moral
and Ethical Dimensions of Literature Chapter 9: Philosophical Criticism:
Investigating the Intersection of Literature and Philosophy Chapter 10:
Feminist Criticism: Interrogating Gender Issues Helping Students Engage
with Challenging Texts Chapter 11: Political or Advocacy Criticism:
Engaging with Social Justice Issues Through Literature Chapter 12:
Formalist Criticism: Analyzing Writing Craft Chapter 13: Putting It All
Together: A Conclusion and Commencement