Studying Fiction

A Guide for Teachers and Researchers
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-15066-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 264 g

Studying Fiction provides a clear rationale alongside ideas and methods for teaching literature in schools from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Written by experienced linguists, teachers and researchers, it offers an overview of recent studies on reading and the mind, providing a detailed guide to concepts such as attention, knowledge, empathy, immersion, authorial intention, characterisation and social justice.

The book synthesises research from cognitive linguistics in an applied way so that teachers and those researching English in education can consider ways to approach literary reading in the classroom. Each chapter:

- draws on the latest research in cognitive stylistics and cognitive poetics;

- discusses a range of ideas related to the whole experience of conceptualising teaching fiction in the classroom and enacting it through practice;

- provides activities and reflection exercises for the practitioner;

- encourages engagement with important issues such as social justice, emotion and curriculum design.

Together with detailed suggestions for further reading and a guide to available resources, this is an essential guide for all secondary English teachers as well as those teaching and researching in primary and undergraduate phases.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Jessica

Giovanelli, Marcello

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2: Why Study Fiction?

Chapter 3: Identity

Chapter 4: Text Choices

Chapter 5: Attention

Chapter 6: Readers

Chapter 7: Writers

Chapter 8: Emotion

Coda

References

Appendix: ‘Talking About Texts: Exploring reading and identity’ questionnaire

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica Mason is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has published widely in the fields of cognitive linguistics, stylistics and English education.

Marcello Giovanelli is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literature at Aston University, UK. He is the author of ten books and over thirty research articles and book chapters in literary and applied linguistics, and in English education.