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Bleich, David – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis
Bleich, David
This paper discusses the effects of personal response on both the research and the teaching of language and literature. Two studies are presented which show how personal response affects interpretive judgment. In addition, a study of classroom responses to literature is compared to a study of language, indicating that personal motivations preface…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, English Instruction, Language Arts, Language Research