On Not Attempting to Be a Piano.

Watt, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ177584

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Publication Date: 1978

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On Not Attempting to Be a Piano

Watt, Ian

ADE Bulletin, 57, 5-7, May 78

Discusses worthwhile objectives for English teaching and proposes a simple formula: English classes should be classes for reading literature that really is literature and for writing about it in a way that attempts to be literature. (GW)

Descriptors: Critical Reading, Educational Objectives, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Writing (Composition)

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