Why I Teach Literature (Less) and Get More Out of It.

Wallace, Barry

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Publication Date: 1986

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Why I Teach Literature (Less) and Get More Out of It.

Wallace, Barry

English Journal, v75 n6 p69-70 Oct 1986

Relates the experience of a teacher who discovered that students enjoy studying literature if they are allowed to experience it rather than analyze it. Contends that the effort to teach books at the secondary level using literary criticism is a misguided response to a national literacy crisis. (SRT)

Descriptors: English Instruction, Group Activities, Group Discussion, Literacy, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Material Selection, Science Fiction, Secondary Education, Small Group Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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