Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature (Language and Literacy Series) - Hardcover

Rabinowitz, Peter J.; Smith, Michael W.

 
9780807736906: Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature (Language and Literacy Series)

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Synopsis

A discussion of a central paradox faced by literature teachers - have teachers taught well if their students have not learned to recognize the way authors expect them to read? But shouldn't students be taught the skills of resisting what authors expect and what teachers see as the right to reading?

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About the Author

Peter J. Rabinowitz is a professor of comparative literature at Hamilton College.

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ISBN 10:  0807736899 ISBN 13:  9780807736890
Publisher: Teachers' College Press, 1997
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