Literature in American Education.

Autor/inn/en	Lowry, Howard F.; und weitere
Institution	Modern Language Association of America, New York, NY. Commission on Trends in Education.
Titel	Literature in American Education.
Quelle	(1943), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	American Culture; Authors; Democracy; Democratic Values; Education; Educational Philosophy; Educational Planning; Educational Quality; Educational Theories; Individualism; Literary Influences; Literature; Literature Appreciation; Middle Class Culture; Reports; Social Attitudes; Social Values; United States Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Author; Autor; Autorin; Demokratie; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungsplanung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Individualismus; Literatur; Literarische Wertung; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialer Wert
Abstract	This classic report on the relationship of literature and American education is an exposition of the importance of literature to the common man in a democratic society. No artificial distinction, the authors stress, is made between literature in the vernacular and literature in foreign languages. A defense of letters leads to a discussion of literature as the servant of the individual and of society. Other topics include how literature increases experience in human understanding in the quality of personal experiences, and in understanding the past. References to Hemingway, Sam Johnson, Donne, Jefferson, Arnold, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Milton, and Conant are often accompanied by selected commentary. The report attempts to liberate American education from the confines of pragmatism by illuminating intrinsic and eternal values of literary study. (RL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01