Choo, Suzanne S.

Reading the world, the globe, and the cosmos : approaches to teaching literature for the Twenty-First century / Suzanne S. Choo. - New York : Peter Lang, 2013. - xiv, 193 pages ; 23 cm. - Global studies in education ; v. 28 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-189) and index.

Contents: Toward a Pedagogical Criticism of Literature Education - Nationalistic Approaches to Teaching Literature - World Approaches to Teaching Literature - Global Approaches to Teaching Literature - Cosmopolitan Approaches to Teaching Literature - The Teaching of Literature and the Cultivation of a Hospitable Imagination.

The purpose of this book is restore the centrality of pedagogy in governing the ways literary texts are received, experienced, and interpreted by students in the classroom. Utilizing a method of pedagogical criticism, it provides an account of core approaches to teaching literature that have emerged across history and the conceptual values informing these approaches.

9781433121777 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1433121778 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Literature--Study and teaching.
Literatura --Estudio y enseñanza
Literature--Cross-cultural studies.
Literatura --Estudios transculturales
Citizenship--Cross-cultural studies.
World citizenship.
Ciudadanía mundial
Education and globalization.
Educación y globalización

PN 61 / C548r 2013

807.1