Bakhtin and the Teaching of Literature

Autor/in	Morson, Gary Saul
Titel	Bakhtin and the Teaching of Literature
Quelle	In: Research in the Teaching of English, 41 (2007) 3, S.350-357 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-527X
Schlagwörter	Novels; Ethics; Literature Appreciation; Literary Criticism; Perspective Taking; Phenomenology; Didacticism; Review (Reexamination); Intellectual History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Novel; Roman; Ethik; Literarische Wertung; Literaturkritik; Zukunftsperspektive; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Didaktisierung; Wiederholungsprüfung; Geistesgeschichte
Abstract	In this article, the author talks about Bakhtin's ethical concerns on the teaching of novels. In his writings on ethics, Bakhtin outlined numerous ways in which thinkers can avoid engaging with the world. They can live "representatively" by allowing the ideology or religion to which they subscribe make their moral decisions for them. Intellectual systems thus provide an "alibi for being," to use Bakhtin's term. But to be truly alive and truly ethical is to recognize that "there is no alibi." Without any guarantees, one must directly engage with others and expose oneself to perspectives and feelings different from one's own. One must "risk" one's sense of self and most cherished values. The author also mentions about Bakhtin's idea of "dialogue" and fostering the enriching dialogue by helping students learn three skills namely, (1) translation; (2) identify; and (3) impersonate. (Contains 4 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10