Essays about: "reader-response criticism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words reader-response criticism.
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1. Always Mind Me: Responding Subjectively to Literary Texts in Order to Create the Ideal L2 Self in the EFL Classroom
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay aims to examine the applicability and relevance of subjective reader response in relation to second language (L2) motivation within literature education in the classroom of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). With support from previous research within the field of reader response theory (RRT), this essay argues that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education Thus, this essay answers the following questions: 1) Does subjective reader response contribute to creating motivation among students in EFL (literature) teaching, and if so, how can this theory be implemented? 2) Does subjective reader response support students’ construction of what Zoltán Dörnyei refers to as “Ideal L2 self”? 3) What are the main benefits of using a reader response approach? The results support the hypothesis that a subjective reader response approach contributes to increasing students’ motivation in relation to literature education. READ MORE
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2. The Controversy of Snape : A transactional reader response analysis of Severus Snape and why he divides readers of the Harry Potter book series
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaAbstract : How can a character from a children’s book become so divisive that he causes arguments amongst adults? This essay uses transactional reader response theory to explain the reason why the character Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling is so controversial. READ MORE
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3. Hopeful or harmful literature? Teenage suicide as described in the YA novels Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, and Looking for Alaska, by John Green
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaAbstract : Young adult novels about suicide are questioned pieces of literature. Fears of suicide contagion and the perceived unsuitability of such narratives for adolescents lie at the centre of this conflict, which has resulted in the banning of books and other censorship moves. READ MORE
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4. A Norm Critical Approach to Teaching Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: Exploring Gender, Heteronormativity & Ableism
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : A growing concern in educational institutions is the lack of a unified collegial effort to address issues pertaining to discrimination. The Swedish National Agency of Education (SNAE) has released several reports and articles this past decade (2009, 2010, 2016), in which no significant improvement has been observed in schools with regard to discrimination pertaining to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability. READ MORE
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5. A Focus on Critical Thinking or Linguistic Features?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/UtbildningsvetenskapAbstract : The aim of the study is to research upper secondary teachers’ attitudes towards, and use of, critical perspectives in teaching literature in the subject of English in Sweden. This is done in relation to the inequality issues identified in the Swedish school context, the Swedish National Curriculum for the Upper Secondary School and the syllabi for English, along with a theoretical framework based on the of concepts of critical pedagogy and critical theory. READ MORE
