Writing visions of hope : teaching twentieth-century American literature and research

This book narrates a writing-centered approach to teaching twentieth-century American literature, focusing on hope in an age of despair. It details teaching strategies, student interactions, and literary research, exploring themes of liberty and hope through American and Balkans narratives. It concl...

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Main Author Raymond, Richard C. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., Inc., [2013]
Subjects
American literature > Study and teaching (Higher) > Kosovo (Republic) > Pristina.
Liberty > Study and teaching (Higher) > Kosovo (Republic) > Pristina.
Education > Teaching > Subjects > General.
Teaching of a specific subject.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613687
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-264-7
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 215 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Teaching twentieth-century American literature
  • Justice, injustice, and places of meaning
  • The call to "endure" and "prevail"
  • Modernists' views on how to use our time
  • Postmodernists' views on the courage required to live with open eyes
  • Teaching research methods
  • Blogging and the parallel universes of literature
  • Student writing and reflection
  • Memories and prophecies: literacy narratives, literature, and the grounds for hope.

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