Chapter 1. Empirical approaches to the study of literature in learning environments
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Olivia Fialho
Abstract
Due to the variety of areas involved in the scientific study of literature in learning environments, this chapter provides an overview in six parts. Part 1 focuses on students’ perceptions of literature, how readers construct literary interpretation in the classroom, the growth of literary expertise in literary response, and instructional factors in literary interpretation. Part 2 looks at studies on creative writing in pedagogical settings. Part 3 discusses recent studies on pedagogical stylistics. Part 4 aims at research on online environments while Part 5 centers on book clubs and reading groups. In Part 6, the synopses of the contributions to the volume signal the advances this book brings to the area.
Abstract
Due to the variety of areas involved in the scientific study of literature in learning environments, this chapter provides an overview in six parts. Part 1 focuses on students’ perceptions of literature, how readers construct literary interpretation in the classroom, the growth of literary expertise in literary response, and instructional factors in literary interpretation. Part 2 looks at studies on creative writing in pedagogical settings. Part 3 discusses recent studies on pedagogical stylistics. Part 4 aims at research on online environments while Part 5 centers on book clubs and reading groups. In Part 6, the synopses of the contributions to the volume signal the advances this book brings to the area.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Contributors xv
- Chapter 1. Empirical approaches to the study of literature in learning environments 1
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Part I. Reading processes in communities of practices
- Chapter 2. Learning from literature 19
- Chapter 3. Authorizing the reader in the classroom 39
- Chapter 4. Transforming readings 57
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Part II. Reading processes in EFL/L2 contexts
- Chapter 5. Enhancing responses to literary texts with L2 learners 83
- Chapter 6. Empirical stylistics in an EFL teaching context 105
- Chapter 7. Literary themes across cultures 125
- Chapter 8. Of learning and poetics 151
- Chapter 9. Literature and the role of background knowledge for EFL learners 169
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Part III. Creative writing, corpus, and empirical stylistics as learning tools
- Chapter 10. Effects of creative writing on adolescent students’ literary response 193
- Chapter 11. ESL students’ perceptions of creative and academic writing 213
- Chapter 12. Empirical stylistics as a learning and research tool in the study of narrative viewpoint 227
- Chapter 13. Point and CLiC 253
- Chapter 14. Literary awareness in a high-school EFL learning environment 271
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Contributors xv
- Chapter 1. Empirical approaches to the study of literature in learning environments 1
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Part I. Reading processes in communities of practices
- Chapter 2. Learning from literature 19
- Chapter 3. Authorizing the reader in the classroom 39
- Chapter 4. Transforming readings 57
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Part II. Reading processes in EFL/L2 contexts
- Chapter 5. Enhancing responses to literary texts with L2 learners 83
- Chapter 6. Empirical stylistics in an EFL teaching context 105
- Chapter 7. Literary themes across cultures 125
- Chapter 8. Of learning and poetics 151
- Chapter 9. Literature and the role of background knowledge for EFL learners 169
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Part III. Creative writing, corpus, and empirical stylistics as learning tools
- Chapter 10. Effects of creative writing on adolescent students’ literary response 193
- Chapter 11. ESL students’ perceptions of creative and academic writing 213
- Chapter 12. Empirical stylistics as a learning and research tool in the study of narrative viewpoint 227
- Chapter 13. Point and CLiC 253
- Chapter 14. Literary awareness in a high-school EFL learning environment 271
- Index 303
