Teaching the Literature Survey Course: New Strategies for College Faculty

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ISBN 10: 1946684082 / ISBN 13: 9781946684080

Published by West Virginia University Press, 2018

2018. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781946684080

Synopsis:

Teaching the Literature Survey Course makes the case for maintaining--even while re-imagining and re-inventing--the place of the survey as a transformative experience for literature students. Through essays both practical and theoretical, the collection presents survey teachers with an exciting range of new strategies for energizing their teaching and engaging their students in this vital encounter with our evolving literary traditions.
?From mapping early English literature to a team-based approach to the American survey, and from multimedia galleries to a "blank syllabus," contributors propose alternatives to the traditional emphasis on lectures and breadth of coverage. The volume is at once a set of practical suggestions for working teachers (including sample documents like worksheets and syllabi) and a provocative engagement with the question of what introductory courses can and should be.

About the Author:

Gwynn Dujardin is assistant professor of English at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Canada.

James M. Lang is a professor of English and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College.

John A. Staunton is professor of English education and American literature at Eastern Michigan University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Teaching the Literature Survey Course: New ...
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New