Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
I’ll be blunt: I don’t feel comfortable teaching deconstruction. I’m not sure that I even understand it fully, though Appleman’s chapter helps a bit. If I’m understanding correctly, deconstruction means that the reader takes the text apart to find what is wrong with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
I enjoyed Appleman’s chapter about feminist literary theory chiefly because this chapter focuses on teaching students to look at texts and life experiences through different perspectives which leads to a greater understanding of and critical thought about the world around us. Appleman (2000) states that “theory helps us recognize the essential quality of other [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
In the couple of readings that discuss reader-response approach versus close textual reading/interpretation, I agree with a teacher’s response to a narrative in Alsup and Bush. The narrative tells about a teacher’s experience in having students write a personal response that ties into The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After students read about how being on [...]
