Answer/Quote: “At the center
of the curriculum are not the works of literature. . . but rather the mind as
it meets the book. The response.” Purves, 1972.
“In
this statement, Alan Purves has articulated what many textbook writers promise
but few actually achieve—a significant change in our way of thinking about the
teaching of literature. If we, as teachers and researchers, accept Purves’
notion, our primary interest is no longer in students’ mastery of information
(about historical period, an author’s life, a set of literary terms) or of a
given critical procedure. Rather, our chief concern is with the reactions,
perceptions, interpretations, and value judgments students make in response to
a piece of literature.” P. 203.
Comment: Which can be enriched by the thoughts of
literary critics. RayS.
Title: “Describing
Responses to Works of Fiction.” Lee
Odell and Charles R Cooper. Research In
the Teaching of English (Winter 1976).
203-225.
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