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Teaching the Contemporary Novel |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / WHAT IS LITERATURE? TEACHING AND THE CANON |
| Author: Anne Gardner |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/1994 |
| Size: 3,448 Words, 20,868 Characters |
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The study of the contemporary novel has the same rationale as the study of astrophysics, biochemical engineering, or the greenhouse effect. In many and various ways, all scholars are trying to reach an understanding of the universe in general and the human condition in particular. The vehicle for this understanding, whether it be the novel or the nucleus, is sometimes seen as the goal in and of itself, and so, while academics haggle over the superiority of their vehicle, the destination is forgotten. This is particularly true in the post modernist era, where life and learning have fallen victim to a fragmentation of idea and ideal. Unity, as an ideal, has fallen into disrepute in literature and education, as elsewhere. For both student and educator, this presents an almost overwhelming obs...
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...ociated with teaching the contemporary novel should not deter the educator. Teaching and learning are always challenging, and knowledge is still the way to elicit and accept change. Perhaps now, more than ever, students need a sense of unity and future. A teacher who is committed to some ideal, to change in the face of adversity, is perhaps the best of all teachers, save time and experience.
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