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Deane, Paul – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
A key instructional goal of English language arts instruction is teaching students to read and interpret complex literary texts. This report reviews the literature on the development and pedagogy of literary analysis skills. It analyzes literary analysis skills as a "key practice," a bundle of disciplinary skills and strategies that form…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary Criticism
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Prest, Peter; Prest, Julie – English Quarterly, 1988
Examines Louise Rosenblatt's theory of the reading transaction to aid teachers in the dilemma of either encouraging individual responses to literature or expecting literal comprehension of the material. Encourages teachers to look at their teaching purposes for any given text and to match questions and activities to those purposes. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature, Reader Response
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Carey, Robert F. – English Quarterly, 1985
Explores the possibility that literary theorists and reading researchers are unconscious of each others interests, goals, and assumptions. Seeks to explore how the gaps between these two areas might best be bridged. (EL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Armstrong, Karen – 1991
A study investigated the phenomenon "response to literature" through the window of language to determine how different researchers assigned meaning to this central concept in twentieth century research. The benchmark conceptions of the terms "literature" and "response" (with which the research conceptions could be…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational History, Educational Trends, Higher Education
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Armstrong, Cherryl – Rhetoric Review, 1986
Argues that, in their roles as responding audiences for student writers, teachers need to be clear as to whether they are taking the perspective of writer or reader. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship
Musthafa, Bachrudin – 1996
Suggesting that the common classroom practice of literature instruction is antitheoretical and counterproductive, this paper elaborates theories of reading processes, discusses children's responses to literature, and proposes suggestions for classroom use. The first section of the paper outlines what literature instruction is expected to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Johnson, Nan – Rhetoric Review, 1988
Reviews and equates theories of reader-response and rhetorical theories on audience response (the pathos principle). Concludes that the fundamental synonymity between them represents a significant bridge between analysis of literary texts and the dynamics of formal and social discourse and provides a theoretical foundation for teaching reading and…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, College English, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
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Cloer, C. Thomas – Journal of Reading Education, 1986
Describes the basic components of Iser's theory, then suggests ways to get students to interact with texts. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction
Benton, Michael – 1993
Since the 1950s, literary study has experienced a major paradigm shift. M. H. Abrams' notion that the author, reader, and the signified world are arranged like satellites around a stable text has been succeeded by one that acknowledges the reader to be a central determinant in any "reading" of a text. Five themes related to reader…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Literacy
Armstrong, Karen – 1992
In what appear to be grand saccadic leaps, research on reader response has turned first, at the beginning of the century, to the external reality of the text; then to the internal reality of the reader; and finally to the movement of the response process itself. Three metaphors derive from the three successive research orientations: from the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
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Holt, Janice; Bell, Barbara Halliwill – Primary Voices K-6, 2000
Highlights an elementary school where teachers help children build good reading lives by teaching reading through literature circles. Discusses five essential strands of thinking that guide the teaching of reading through literature study: building community, reading literature, having choices in reading, participating in open and lively…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Sorba, Barbara – 1995
A brief review of the literature on the various approaches which have been used to help children formulate their emerging attitudes towards reading and literature helps clarify the goal of creating lifelong readers. Samway (1991), discussing literature study circles, relates that students read the book they have selected, answer assigned…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Literature Reviews
Riccobono, Rossella – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1996
This article analyzes the function of deixis in the poetry of the 20th century Italian, Eugenio Montale, in particular, his "In limine." The main objective is to show how deixis is involved in the dynamic relationship between text and reader. A constant problem in Montale's texts is that of a disharmony felt by the poetic voice with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Rhythm, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Schulman, Norma – 1989
More than 100 decontextualized, formalistic paradigms of the narrative process are in existence, but little work has been done to apply the insights narrative theory yields to news and journalistic form. Given the journalistic assumption that facts can be presented neutrally, news professionals tend to maintain that narratives do not exist outside…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Sources, Mass Media Role, New Journalism
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Woods, Claire A. – English Education, 1986
Discusses the concepts of play and imagination and how these shape personal development and the knowledge gained through experience with reading and writing. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
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