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Direct linkZabka, Thomas – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
My argument is that a literary education should build on a primary level of responsivity towards literature, involving empathy and immersion in the world of the text. To engage with literary works from the past involves a play between familiarity and strangeness, and this play should be located as part of a reader's response to texts, rather than…
Descriptors: Literature, English Instruction, Familiarity, Reader Response
