Chapter 6. Curriculum as cultural critique
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Eddie Tay
Abstract
In this chapter, Eddie Tay premises the practice and teaching of creative writing as operating within specific cultural and social parameters. Exploring tensions and anxieties that attend to the social, cultural and political landscape of Hong Kong, and presenting aspects of the work of Freire that may aid students in their engagement with their environment, Tay reads a range of student writing that demonstrates an awareness of social, political and cultural location, and which draws from Hong Kong culture as a resource, to crystalize the notion that creative writing contributes to the work of fostering an “imagined community” in Benedict Anderson’s sense of the term (Anderson 2006: 6).
Abstract
In this chapter, Eddie Tay premises the practice and teaching of creative writing as operating within specific cultural and social parameters. Exploring tensions and anxieties that attend to the social, cultural and political landscape of Hong Kong, and presenting aspects of the work of Freire that may aid students in their engagement with their environment, Tay reads a range of student writing that demonstrates an awareness of social, political and cultural location, and which draws from Hong Kong culture as a resource, to crystalize the notion that creative writing contributes to the work of fostering an “imagined community” in Benedict Anderson’s sense of the term (Anderson 2006: 6).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Appreciating the beauty of second language poetry writing 11
- Chapter 2. Learner and writer voices 23
- Chapter 3. “Is this how it’s supposed to work?” 41
- Chapter 4. Literary translation as a creative practice in L2 writing pedagogies 57
- Chapter 5. Process and product, means and ends 75
- Chapter 6. Curriculum as cultural critique 103
- Chapter 7. Co-constructing a community of creative writers 119
- References 139
- Notes on contributors 149
- Name index 153
- Subject index 155
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Appreciating the beauty of second language poetry writing 11
- Chapter 2. Learner and writer voices 23
- Chapter 3. “Is this how it’s supposed to work?” 41
- Chapter 4. Literary translation as a creative practice in L2 writing pedagogies 57
- Chapter 5. Process and product, means and ends 75
- Chapter 6. Curriculum as cultural critique 103
- Chapter 7. Co-constructing a community of creative writers 119
- References 139
- Notes on contributors 149
- Name index 153
- Subject index 155
