Culturally Responsive Reading

Teaching Literature for Social Justice

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvDurthy A. Washington,Durthy A Washington

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Help students to explore the intertextuality of literature and to think more deeply and compassionately about the world. This book shows high school teachers and college instructors how to foreground a work's cultural context, recognizing that every culture has its own narrative tradition of oral and written classics that inform its literature. The author introduces readers to the LIST Paradigm, a guided approach to culturally responsive reading that encourages readers to access and analyze a text by asking significant questions designed to foster close, critical reading. By combining aspects of both literary analysis (exploring the elements of fiction such as plot, setting, and character) and literary criticism (exploring works from multiple perspectives such as historical, psychological, and archetypal), the LIST Paradigm helps educators "unlock" literature with four keys to culture: Language, Identity, Space, and Time. In Culturally Responsive Reading, Washington exposes cultural myths, reveals racist and culturally biased language, dismantles stereotypes, and prevents the egregious misreading of works written by people of color.Book Features:Describes a unique approach to culturally responsive reading, including specific teaching strategies and rich classroom examples.Explores numerous texts by writers of color that are rarely included as required reading in literature courses.Provides examples and illustrations of innovative ways to incorporate multicultural texts into an introductory literature course.Incorporates epigraphs and questions that highlight each component of the LIST approach.Includes a critical essay that guides teachers through the process of teaching a complex postmodern novel (Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao).

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-24
Mått153 x 228 x 13 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagTeachers' College Press
MedarbetareDenard,Carolyn
ISBN9780807768280

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Contents (Tentative)ForewordAcknowledgmentsPreface: "Why Are We Reading This?"The Tar Baby IncidentThe LIST Paradigm: A Guided Approach to Teaching LiteratureCreating the LIST ParadigmIntroduction: "Culturally Responsive Reading: What It Is and Why It Matters""Moving Out Beyond Yourself": Coping With Culture ShockDefining "American Literature": Reading Western "Classics"Exploring Postcolonial Literature: Telling Our Own StoriesAchieving Agency: Rejecting "The White Criterion"Misreading Multicultural TextsChallenging CensorshipPART I: The LIST Paradigm: A Guide to Culturally Responsive Reading1. Culture in the Classroom: Introducing the LIST ParadigmTeaching at the AcademyExploring Cultural MythsExploring Definitions of "Culture"Teaching ValuesIntroducing the LIST ParadigmLiterary AnalysisLiterary CriticismList Paradigm ExercisesTeaching Through the Lens of Culture2. Telling Our Stories: Exploring the Power of NarrativeDefining "Story"BibliotherapyMindful ReadingTypes of Stories3. Readers, Reading, and the Reading ProcessWhy We ReadWhat We ReadHow We Read4. "Interrogating the Text": Asking Significant QuestionsConflicting Views on Reading LiteratureEngaging Questions From Other DisciplinesWho Is "Qualified" to Speak?Questions for WritersQuestions for StudentsExploring "Subversive" TextsPART II: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Four "Keys to Culture"Chapter 5: Language: "How Does the Author Contextualize Linguistic Signs and Symbols?"Language as ResistanceLanguage in Postcolonial StudiesReading Ousamne Sembène's NiiwamLanguage Creation: Code-Switching and Code-MeshingLanguage Validation: Standard English and VernacularLanguage Use: "The Transforming Power of Language"Significant Questions—GeneralSignificant Questions—Music6. Identity: "Who Are These People and What Do They Want?"Identity Politics (Race, Racism, and Colorism)Literary ArchetypesCultural StereotypesSignificant Questions7. Space: "How Do Characters Negotiate the Text's Physical, Psychological, and Cultural Landscapes?"Physical SpaceDomestic Space ("Home")Racialized SpaceCounterspaces (Third Space Theory)Psychological SpaceThe SubalternCultural Landscapes: The Slave ShipsNarrative SpaceSignificant Questions8. Time: "How Does an Author Manipulate Time"Exploring Time in Contemporary FictionCultural Perceptions of TimeHistoriographyHistoricityTime in A Lesson Before DyingSignificant QuestionsPART III: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Unlocking the Text9. Cultural Contexts for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoReading Oscar WaoLanguage in Oscar WaoHistory: The Parsley MassacreMajor InfluencesAuthor Background10. Exploring the LIST Paradigm© : Reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoIntroducing the NovelNarrative StructureLanguage: "How Does the Author Contextualize Linguistic Signs and Symbols?"Identity: "Who Are These People and What Do They Want"Space: "How Do Characters Negotiate the Text's Physical, Psychological, and Cultural Landscapes?"Time: "How Does the Author Manipulate Time?"CodaAppendix A.1: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: A Reader's GuideAppendix A.2: LIST WorksheetAppendix B: Defining Elements of Morrison's FictionAppendix C: Notes on Narrative StructureAppendix D: Suggestions for Pairing TextsReferencesIndexAbout the Author

“ Culturally Responsive Reading: Teaching Literature for Social Justice is an essential resource that provides educators with an explicit and accessible approach to analyzing, criticizing, and making meaningful connections across diverse texts that foster conversations between students and teachers related to perspective, culture, race, and systems of power and oppression.”—Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy