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What are we teaching when we teach literature?

This week my seminar has been reading Louise Rosenblatt’s The Reader, The Text, The Poem.  After several weeks of analyzing everyday texts, the literature students in the course were happy to finally get to what they saw at the beginning … Continue reading

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Teaching Online

My “Pedagogies of Reading” seminar this quarter is scheduled to meet on Tuesdays from 5:30-9:20.  I have never found four-hour evening seminars to be productive, either as a teacher or a student.  By the time we begin, I have been … Continue reading

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First Meeting

The first meeting of “Pedagogies of Reading” went well, at least in my view. No one complained about the reading load, all the assignments were accepted without groaning or moaning, and students participated in discussions with some engagement and enthusiasm. … Continue reading

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