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Nov 13, 2023 · Invited reading occurs when a reader's background aligns with the text, making them more likely to agree or understand it. Resistant reading happens when a...
Literary texts invite close reading. They invite the reader to take an interpretive stance (Goldman et al., 2015), and they reward the reader who is willing to reflect on what they mean. When literary texts are particularly powerful (as in the case of Shakespeare's plays), they can become important parts of the shared experience of a community.
- Paul Deane
- 2020
Nov 9, 2017 · Our updated principles include: (1) literacy is a constructive, integrative, and critical process situated in social practices; (2) fluent reading is shaped by language processes and contexts; (3) literacy is strategic and disciplinary; (4) literacy entails motivation and engagement; and (5) literacy is a continuously developing set of practices.
- Katherine K. Frankel, Bryce L.C. Becker, Marjorie W. Rowe, P. David Pearson
- 2016
Fowler’s seminal Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Bringing together original entries written by such celebrated theorists as Terry Eagleton and Malcolm Bradbury with new definitions of current terms and controversies, this is the essential reference book for students of literature at all levels. This book includes:
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An Introduction deals with questions concerning the nature of “literature” and “text,” discusses the three major textual genres, as well as film and its terminology, gives an overview of the most important periods of Literatures in English, and raises issues of literary theory.
English Literature in Context. Comprehensive and accessible, this textbook supports the study of English literature from the Middle Ages to the present, and is designed as a main resource for all English Literature students.
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An introduction to the study of English Literature, including discussions of: how to define "literature", why study literature?, how to approach the great books, and English literary periods.
