Question: Why study
literature in school?
Answer: “…so students
can examine their lives, the ultimate learning target of literature study.” P.
257.
Comment: Well, that’s one purpose for studying
literature—one of many. I wonder if we have ever told students that learning
about their own lives is a purpose for studying literature, and I wonder, if we
did tell them, whether they would believe it? I even wonder if we have given
students a purpose for reading a literary selection? Have we asked them what
they think is the reason is for the teacher’s selecting a literary work to
read? Have we asked them “What have you learned about yourself as a result of
reading this piece of literature?” If
students are reading a “realistic” Young Adult novel, these questions might be
answered more easily. What about the classics? RayS.
Title: “Permeable
Textual Discussion in Tracked Language Arts Classrooms.” Kristine Gritter. Research in the Teaching of English (February 2012),232-259.
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