Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Topic: Response to Literature

10-second review: What was the influence of Louise Rosenblatt on teaching literature? “At a time when New Criticism was the major theory in the field, Rosenblatt presented a strong albeit minority voice calling for the legitimacy of personal response to the reading of literature.”

Source: D. Roen, and N. Karolides, N. College English (July 2005), 565. A publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

Comment: Hers is still a minority voice in the teaching of literature. RayS.

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