Literature, Pedagogy, and Curriculum in Secondary Education [electronic resource] : Examples from France  /
Guiney, M. Martin.author.
This book argues for the importance of literature studies using the historical debate between the disinterested disciplines ("art for art's sake") and utilitarian or productive disciplines. Foregoing the traditional argument that literature is a unique spiritual resource, as well as the utilitarian thought that literary pedagogy promotes skills that are relevant to a post-industrial economy, Guiney suggests that literary pedagogy must enable mutual access between the classroom and the outside world. It must recognize the need for every human being to become a conscious producer of culture rather than a consumer, through an active process of literary reading and writing. Using the history of French curricular reforms as a case study for his analysis, Guiney provides a contextualized redefinition of literature's social value.
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Aristocrats or Anarchists: Who Has Power over Lite -- Chapter 2. The Baccalauréat Exam and the French Canonical Literary Exercise -- Chapter 3. Inventing and Defending the General Education of Literature -- Chapter 4. Literature in French Schools after 1968 -- Chapter 5. How (Not) to Teach: "Parroting" vs "Proximity" in Cinematic Representations of Literary Pedagogy -- Chapter 6. Harnessing the Neoliberal Beast. Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book argues for the importance of literature studies using the historical debate between the disinterested disciplines ("art for art's sake") and utilitarian or productive disciplines. Foregoing the traditional argument that literature is a unique spiritual resource, as well as the utilitarian thought that literary pedagogy promotes skills that are relevant to a post-industrial economy, Guiney suggests that literary pedagogy must enable mutual access between the classroom and the outside world. It must recognize the need for every human being to become a conscious producer of culture rather than a consumer, through an active process of literary reading and writing. Using the history of French curricular reforms as a case study for his analysis, Guiney provides a contextualized redefinition of literature's social value.
Early childhood education.
Literacy.
Curriculum planning.
Early Childhood Education.
Literacy.
Curriculum Studies.