Fantasy Media in the Classroom

Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvEmily Dial-Driver,Sally Emmons,Jim Ford

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A common misconception is that professors who use popular culture and fantasy in the classroom have abandoned the classics, yet in a variety of contexts--high school, college freshman composition, senior seminars, literature, computer science, philosophy and politics--fantasy materials can expand and enrich an established curriculum.The new essays in this book combine analyses of popular television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer; such films as The Matrix, The Dark Knight and Twilight; Watchmen and other graphic novels; and video games with explanations of how best to use them in the classroom. With experience-based anecdotes and suggestions for curricula, this collection provides a valuable pedagogy of pop culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-03-02
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt367 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786459216

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Emily Dial-Driver is a professor of English at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, and fiction editor of RSU’s Cooweescoowee: A Journal of Arts and Letters. Sally Emmons is an associate professor of English at Rogers State University and the managing editor of Cooweescoowee. Jim Ford teaches humanities, philosophy, and religion at Rogers State University and is director of the honors program. His articles have been published in the Journal of Religion, the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, and Honors in Practice.

Table of ContentsPreface EMILY DIAL-DRIVER Introduction JIM FORD I. Seeing the Classics in a New Light: Using Fantasy as a Lens in Traditional ClassesPop Pedagogy JESSE STALLINGS Added Interest, Added Value LAURA GRAY Bruce, Bill, and Barack CAROLYN ANNE TAYLOR II. Integrating New Works: Using Fantasy to Enrich Traditional ClassesFlights of Fantasy JIM FORD Fusion Curriculum EMILY DIAL-DRIVER “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore” SALLY EMMONS Critical Thinking and Post-Apocalyptic Literature MARY M. MACKIE Corruptible Power FRANCES E. MORRIS and EMILY DIAL-DRIVER Breaching Barriers Between Work and Play SHAKA MCGLOTTEN Fantasy Classics: Hobbits and Harry in Interdisciplinary Courses JIM FORD III. New Directions: The Joys of Fantasy ClassesHansel, Gretel, and Coraline J. RENEE COX The Fantastic Classroom: Teaching Buffy the Vampire Slayer EMILY DIAL-DRIVER Buffy Versus Bella: Teaching about Place and Gender JACQUELINE BACH, JESSICA BROUSSARD and MELANIE K. HUNDLEY Brave New Classroom: Using Science Fiction to Teach Political Theory KENNETH S. HICKS Incarnations of Immortal Creations EMILY DIAL-DRIVER Conclusion JIM FORD About the Contributors Index

“a common misconception is that professors who use popular culture and fantasy in the classroom have abandoned the classics, yet in different contexts fantasy materials can enrich an established curriculum…explanations of how best to use them in the classroom”—CBQ; “shows how fantasy can be used to teach interpretation and critical thinking, and how fantasy can be used as springboard for discussion of issues such as cultural similarities and differences, human relationships, and social mores”—Reference & Research Book News.