Essays about: "Elena De Wachter"

Found 1 essay containing the words Elena De Wachter.

  1. 1. ‘I wonder if the spirit of the water has anything / to say.’ : Water imagery in Carol Ann Duffy’s Poetry: A Pedagogical Consideration

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

    Author : Elena De Wachter; [2019]
    Keywords : poetry; EFL-classroom; water imagery; Carol Ann Duffy; inquiry-based learning;

    Abstract : This essay presents an ecocritical reading of water imagery in selected poems by Carol AnnDuffy, with focus on Duffy’s personified water-voices, how water illuminates history, andDuffy’s metaphor of language as water. After a consideration of the problematics of teachingpoetry in the EFL classroom, the essay concludes that Duffy’s poetry holds potential forstudents to develop environmental literacy, both in content and in form. READ MORE