Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature
by Peter J. Rabinowitz, Michael W. Smith (Author)
Language and Literacy Series (1998)
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Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature is a provocative conversation between co-authors that brings to life the symbiotic relationship between theory and practice. This unique collaboration between a literary critic/college professor (Peter J. Rabinowitz) and a high school English teacher/education professor (Michael W. Smith) provides readers with a rich discussion of a central paradox faced by literature teachers: Can teachers claim to have taught well if show more their students have not learned to recognize (and respect) the ways authors expect them to read? But at the same time, shouldn't students be taught the critical skills of resisting both what authors expect and what teachers see as the right reading? Though each of the authors has a somewhat different view, Rabinowitz and Smith show that what they call "authorial reading" is not only compatible with, but even essential to, progressive teaching and truly engaged readers. This book will be of interest to English educators and literature teachers (grades 7-12 and undergraduate) as well as professors and students of literary theory and research. show lessTags
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An award-winning high school and university teacher, Michael W. Smith currently teaches English education in the Literacy Cluster of Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education Jeff Wilhelm, winner of the Regie Routman Award for Reflective Teaching and the Herb Kohl Award for Teaching Excellence, was a teacher of English, reading, and the show more language arts for thirteen years. He is now Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of Maine show less
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