Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and Literature Instruction (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) [Paperback]

Judith A. Langer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0807734640 | ISBN-13: 978-0807734643 | Publication Date: December 1, 1995 | Edition: First Edition (87654321)

This work proposes new ways to think about literature instruction and its contribution to schooling. It focuses on the creation in the classroom of a literate community and the development of a reader-based pedagogy for all students.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press; First Edition (87654321) edition (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807734640
• ISBN-13: 978-0807734643
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars envisioning new approaches to literature, March 24, 2000

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This review is from: Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and Literature Instruction (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) (Paperback)

This is a book for those who question literature teaching the way it has been done so far, and wish it was different. Langer's "envisionment-building" approach considers text interpretations as constant and never-ending processes, always collectively created and in transformation. The literature classroom is therefore an opportunity to share and re-build our interpretive procedures, to review and recreate our sense-making processes. The literary is seen as a way to produce meanings that is present in the everyday process of understanding, and not only when in contact with literary texts. She suggests classroom procedures and gives examples from her own teaching experience to illustrate her views; her writing-style is clear and straightforward, filled with passion for teaching and literature alike. I strongly recommend this book as one of the very few to describe teaching/learning approaches to literature from a theoretical basis without theoretical boredom.