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Literary Theory in Swedish Upper Secondary School – Classroom Examples

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Author

  • Liviu Lutas

Summary, in English

In this paper I challenge the opinion that literary theory should not be taught at upper secondary level. According to French literary theorist Tzvetan Todorov, the teacher at this level should aim at teaching literary works, not theory. Theory should only be used as an invisible instrument.

My hypothesis is that literary theory can be used successfully at upper secondary level. A certain insight in theory can help the pupils become better readers. A possible way to do this is by using an inductive approach, that is starting with examples from literary works and get to the theory instead of the other way.

Department/s

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

5533-5542

Publication/Series

Proceedings from the 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

International Association for Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Literary theory
  • narratology
  • critical reading

Conference name

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2011

Conference date

2011-11-14 - 2011-11-16

Conference place

Madrid, Spain

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-84-615-3324-4