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Bell, Michael – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2018
What is thought, and how can it be taught? Philosophy and literature have often promoted different conceptions although each requires, consciously or not, a mutually inclusive understanding. The question of value, which lurks at the centre of this, was given special salience by the literary critic, and 'anti-philosopher', F. R. Leavis who still…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Literary Criticism, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods
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Hellberg, Dustin – Open Review of Educational Research, 2017
This article is meant as a useful classroom methodology by which teachers of literature may give their students a coherent rubric for understanding literary meaning and exegesis which can incorporate most literary theories while addressing the basic-to-advanced concepts required of literary students. Also, it will provide a working methodology for…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Literature, Literary Criticism, Teaching Methods
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Shahab, Sara; Rashidi, Nasser; Sadighi, Firooz; Yamini, Mortaza – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2020
This study attempted to scrutinize the disciplinary and cross-disciplinary generic variations of textbook introductions in humanities and basic sciences with reference to the onion model. The data included a sample of 60 introductions (i.e. ten each from applied linguistics, sociology, and psychology within humanities, and ten each from biology,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Novotny, Therese – History of Education, 2019
Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), was a Christian mystic whose writings, "Revelation of Love" and "A Book of Showings," are the earliest surviving texts in the English language written by a woman. The question that has puzzled scholars for centuries follows: How could a woman of her time express her vision in such innovative and…
Descriptors: Christianity, Feminism, English, Females
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Veskari, Hassan; Pouralkhas, Shokrollah; Moharrami, Ramin; Ranjbar, Ebrahim – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
Gholam Hussein Sa'edi is one of the greatest Iranian writers of short stories in the present era. Sa'edi's stories are based on the existence of fanciful and dreamlike settings in which he attempts to establish the endings of the stories to be the direct result of the characters' psychological reaction against their dreams. The linguistic and…
Descriptors: Models, Sleep, Literary Devices, Literary Criticism
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Scott, Pauline – CEA Forum, 2012
Design and implementation of a collaborative course project, using Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) to teach and discuss the concepts of orality, cultural legacy, archetypes, adaptation/appropriation, and social criticism in an Introduction to Literature course at Historically Black Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. The student groups…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Literature, Fairy Tales, Skits
Moore, Nancy P. – 1980
An analysis of the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks shows that she can be used as a model for students at many grade levels to emulate. Her poetry excels as a model, not only because of her imagery, but also because of her use and modification of both traditional and newer forms of poetry and her skill with the devices of sound. Like other evolving and…
Descriptors: Authors, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education