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The literature workshop : teaching texts and their readers / Sheridan D. Blau.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2003.Description: xii, 242 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0867095407
  • 9780867095401
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 807 23
Contents:
Pt. I. Teaching and learning literature : understanding tradition, rethinking practice. Stories from the classroom : lessons on learning literature ; From telling to teaching : the literature workshop in action -- Pt. II. How readers and texts make meaning. Which interpretation is the right one? A workshop on literary meaning ; The problem of background knowledge : a workshop in intertextual literacy -- Pt. III. How to talk and write about literature. Where do interpretations come from? ; What's worth saying about a literary text? -- Pt. IV. Writing assignments in literature classes : perennial problems and provisional solutions. Writing assignment in literature classes : the problem ; Writing assignments in literature classes : models for solutions-in-progress -- Pt. V. The foundations of literary knowledge. Honoring readers and respecting texts : value and authority in literary interpretation ; What do students need to learn? The dimensions of literary competence.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.

Pt. I. Teaching and learning literature : understanding tradition, rethinking practice. Stories from the classroom : lessons on learning literature ; From telling to teaching : the literature workshop in action -- Pt. II. How readers and texts make meaning. Which interpretation is the right one? A workshop on literary meaning ; The problem of background knowledge : a workshop in intertextual literacy -- Pt. III. How to talk and write about literature. Where do interpretations come from? ; What's worth saying about a literary text? -- Pt. IV. Writing assignments in literature classes : perennial problems and provisional solutions. Writing assignment in literature classes : the problem ; Writing assignments in literature classes : models for solutions-in-progress -- Pt. V. The foundations of literary knowledge. Honoring readers and respecting texts : value and authority in literary interpretation ; What do students need to learn? The dimensions of literary competence.