Teaching Nineteenth-Century Aesthetic Prose: A Writing-Intensive Course

Autor/in	Maxwell, Catherine
Titel	Teaching Nineteenth-Century Aesthetic Prose: A Writing-Intensive Course
Quelle	In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 9 (2010) 2, S.191-204 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-0222
DOI	10.1177/1474022210359396
Schlagwörter	Prose; Writing (Composition); Nineteenth Century Literature; Courses; Undergraduate Study; Foreign Countries; Creative Activities; Student Journals; Instructional Effectiveness; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prosa; Schreibübung; Kursangebot; Grundstudium; Ausland; Studentenzeitung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	This article reviews a writing-intensive course on nineteenth-century aesthetic prose devised for the undergraduate curriculum of the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, and considers the results to date. Using examples of students' coursework, the article examines the use of logbooks and creative exercises, considers their effectiveness, and attempts to elucidate their advantages over the traditional essay format. A major premise of the course and the article is that appreciation and understanding of literature is enhanced and expanded by the students' mediation of the texts through their own writing, allowing them to think with and through the literary matter they are exploring and so to extend themselves as writers and thinkers. Writing is thus seen as an essential part of the disciplinary study of literature. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10