Essays about: "literary canon"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words literary canon.
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1. What to teach or how to teach? : A survey on the consequences a less detail-controlled curriculum has on English teachers´ choice of English-language literature
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay aims to examine which consequences a less-detail controlled curriculum has on English teachers’ choice of English-language literature. With support from the literature review, this essay argues that an unofficial, tacit school canon of English-language literature mainly composed of ten literary works seems to have been established in Swedish upper-secondary schools, despite the Swedish National Curriculum not naming specific literary works educators in Sweden are required to use in their teaching. READ MORE
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2. Englishes in Upper Secondary EFL Teaching. A Study of Teachers’ Selection, in Relation to Kachru’s Circles
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : The reality of the English language has shifted from being the language of the Empire to an international Lingua Franca. This pluricultural way of viewing English is reflected in the syllabus for the subject. READ MORE
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3. Ahtesham-Grunebaum-Stark’s The Tale of the Missing Man: a Dāstāṃ of a Bhopālī Lāpatā
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : Mazoor Ahtesham is a renowned writer in the modern Hindi literature. He is one of the fewMuslim voices in the modern Hindi literary canon.2 He gives a detailed picture of the Muslim society, which is undergoing a change within and, at the same time, is confronted by the change outside. READ MORE
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4. Multicultural literature and intercultural theory in English 6 : A qualitative study of teachers’ experiences with multicultural literature in upper-secondary schools in Sweden
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine English language teachers’ choices and uses of literary texts, and more particularly, multicultural forms of literature from an intercultural pedagogical angle. Drawing on a qualitative approach, six English teachers’ experiences were explored using interviews. READ MORE
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5. Language Politics of the Mexican State regarding native languages and the funding of literary production
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This thesis strives to understand the underlying narrative behind the current distribution of the public funding between the writers of the Spanish language and writers of native languages in Mexico, as well as contextualise the policies of the Mexican State that often materialise colonial dynamics. The situation of native women writers is emphasised as they are forced to tackle multiple disadvantages based on unjust social structures. READ MORE