The Idea of Difficulty in Literature (SUNY Series, Literacy, Culture, and Learning) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791406741 ISBN 13 : 9780791406748

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book redefines the nature of textual difficulty in literature and shows the implications of the new definition for teachers at all levels of education. Contrary to the traditional use of grade levels or readability formulae, the authors redefine difficulty in terms of readers and the texts they meet. They base their arguments on contemporary linguistic theory, on historical and comparative studies of criticism, on literary theory about readers and texts, on post-Freudian psychology, on empirical research concerning the nature of reading literature, and on studies of classrooms, curricula, and testing. What emerges is a coherent work that builds a case for seeing difficulty in literature as a human phenomenon more than a textual one.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alan C. Purves is Director of the Center for Writing and Literacy, and Professor of English and Humanities at the State University of New York at Albany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791406741
• ISBN 13: 9780791406748
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Éditeur: Purves Alan C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible