Böcker i Anglo-Amerikanische Studien - Anglo-American Studies-serien

This book aims to provide a detailed study of young adult fiction concentrating on Mexican teenage (im)migrants to the United States and their search for identity. In its quest to define young adult (im)migration literature as a genre, the first chapter combines and questions classifications provided by literary scholars and educational scientists. The second chapter explores crucial factors which impact the protagonists¿ transcultural identity construction. The third chapter engages in theory mixing: Louise Rosenblatt¿s reader-response theory, the critical literacy approach of the New London Group, influences from the field of cultural studies and a model of literary competences are merged into an innovative theoretical framework that forms the basis of the teaching sequence presented.

This is the first scholarly edition of Dekker, Marston, Day, Haughton's Lust's Dominion in half a century and the first ever translation into Spanish. It is preceded by a bilingual critical Introduction.

This volume shows innovative ways of teaching gender in the EFL classroom. The contributions include a broad variety of gender realities, a cornucopia of texts and other media as well as cutting-edge approaches to teaching both literature and gender in the contemporary student-centered EFL classroom with different age groups.

Der Band untersucht die Wirkung des Lesezirkels auf Lernerautonomie im Englischunterricht. Mithilfe einer Fallstudie zeigt die Autorin auf, dass der Lesezirkel Binnendifferenzierung im Englischunterricht mit Literatur ermöglicht und damit eine Antwort auf die gegenwärtige Herausforderung der wachsenden Heterogenität der Schülerschaft im kompetenzorientierten Englischunterricht bietet. Die Sicht der Lernenden schlüsselt autonomieförderliche Lernbedingungen auf. Entscheidungsfreiheit, Kooperation und regelmäßige individuelle und gemeinsame Reflexionsphasen sind die Bausteine einer kooperativ-binnendifferenzierenden Praxis, die die persönliche Interaktion zwischen Lernenden und literarischen Texten in den Mittelpunkt rückt und Lernerautonomie freisetzt.

This volume explores the graphic narratives of Alison Bechdel, particularly focusing on the reconstruction of gender in her graphic memoirs. The case studies show how Bechdel plays with the characteristics of graphic narratives in order to trace back the complex relationship with her parents and the development of her own gender identities.

This book is mapping the fields of modern output-oriented teaching, intercultural learning, and drama methods in the foreign language class. It explains that by including inter-cultural aspects and human and civil rights issues a more tolerant perception of 'the other' can be achieved.

This comprehensive introduction to literature learning in EFL contexts pays attention to both theoretical and practical concerns. It focuses on a wide range of literary genres, different age and ability groups, and gives suggestions for the future of the field. Its readership comprises language teachers, university students and academics.

This work examines the relationship between learner motivation and cultural contents for the teaching of English as a Foreign Language based on the English teaching situation in Chile. It proposes an inclusion of both motivational strategies and cultural themes into educational and curricular policies, learning materials, and teacher training.

Another Rendez-Vous

Examining the intersection of Continental theories of difference and a predominantly American ethic of diversity, this book uses phenomenology and interdisciplinary study to investigate female embodiment in Mina Loy's poetic and visual work.

Starting from an interdisciplinary theoretical investigation of trauma, the book analyzes the relationship between Trauma Studies and literature. In particular, it focuses on Martin Amis's novel Time's Arrow, where the breakdown of chronology, coherence and predictability mimics the collapse of temporality and the crisis of truth caused by trauma in the individual's mind. Amis's novel reproduces the shocking force of trauma through a shocking narrative form in order to avoid indifference and favour an empathetic and ethically committed reaction on the part of readers. For these reasons, Time's Arrow represents a significant example of trauma fiction.

This study updates reader-response criticism as the foundation of aesthetic reading in the classroom by bringing it in line with cognitive theories in literary studies and linguistics. Such a framework facilitates a consistent theoretical approach to autobiographical comics.

Between the two World Wars, the colonial regime was confronted with the Indian nationalist movements. As a result, independence was granted by Britain in 1947, a cataclysmic event for the colonized world. The reality was that peaceful decolonization process never existed and the independence of Britain had dramatic consequences.

Cultural diversity remains a complex issue for its depiction and appreciation vary according to the historical, geographical or ethical context in which it is considered. The articles in this volume draw on examples to explore how diversity is questioned and negotiated both within and beyond the parameters of colonial or post-colonial experience.

Explores the textual and semiotic construction of early modern English identities. In this book, the contributors - scholars from various European universities - address a diversity of literary and non-literary, visual and written, texts from 16th and 17th centuries.

Grounded in theoretical studies of postmodern and narrative ethics, this book proposes the need for a re-examination of E L Doctorow's work from an ethical perspective. It questions the classification of his fiction as an expression of postmodern skepticism.

Failure regarding important goals presents a topic mostly neglected in public discussion. Yet the failure of personal relationships or professional ambitions is a common experience. Contemporary fiction addresses failing in individuals. The narratives provide the space where the awareness unfolds that disillusionment has a place in human life.

This volume deals with theoretical concepts surrounding culture and literature in foreign language education. Topics addressed include textbook analysis, Shakespeare, India, South Africa, and integrating authentic materials as well as pop culture. Practical suggestions illustrate how culture- and literature-related competences can be developed.