| Teaching Contemporary Theory to Undergraduates Contributor(s): Sadoff, Dianne F. (Editor), Cain, William E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0873523687 ISBN-13: 9780873523684 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: In twenty-one refreshingly readable essays, contributors discuss their techniques for introducing theory to students in classes on a range of levels. They describe how they overcame initial apprehensions about teaching theory to undergraduates and enumerate the ways that theory enriched both their and their students' experiences. The theoretical methodologies covered include feminism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, African American criticism, new historicism, cultural studies, and film theory. Intended for teachers who already use theory in their courses as well as for those who are teaching theory for the first time, the volume offers history, analysis, and practical advice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| LCCN: 94020566 |
| Series: Options for Teaching (Numbered Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.38" W x 8.91" (1.17 lbs) 271 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Teaching Contemporary Theory to Undergraduates shows readers how theory can, in the words of William E. Cain, enable teachers and students "to illuminate anew the structure of texts, to write literary and cultural history with greater richness and depth, and to understand social and institutional relations more intricately." In twenty-one refreshingly readable essays, contributors discuss their techniques for introducing theory to students in classes on a range of levels. They describe how they overcame initial apprehensions about teaching theory to undergraduates and enumerate the ways that theory enriched both their and their students' experiences. The theoretical methodologies covered include feminism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, African American criticism, new historicism, cultural studies, and film theory. Intended for teachers who already use theory in their courses as well as for those who are teaching theory for the first time, the volume offers history, analysis, and practical advice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sadoff, Dianne F.: - Dianne F. Sandoff is professor of English at Rutgers University. She is author of Victorian Vogue: The British Novel on Screen(2009) and coeditor of Victorian Afterlife: Contemporary Culture Rewrites the Nineteenth Century (2000). Her articles have appeared in journals such as Novel, Studies in English Literature, and Henry James Review.Cain, William E.: - William E. Cain is Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English at Wellesley College. His scholarly interests include nineteenth- and early-twentieth century American literature, modernism in the arts, and Shakespeare. His publications include chapters on American literary and cultural criticism, 1900-1945, in�The Cambridge History of American Literature, vol. 5 (2003). He is coeditor of the�Norton Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism�(1st ed., 2001; 2nd ed., 2010), and, with Sylvan Barnet, he has coauthored a number of books on literature and composition. |
