Pedagogy Jan 2010

Teaching Narrative as Rhetoric

James Phelan

Abstract

Teaching narrative as rhetoric is a powerful pedagogical approach, because it connects students' experiences as readers with their work in the classroom. As an analysis of Time's Arrow shows, the approach provides a valuable way to access—and assess—the cognitive, affective, and ethical dimensions of readerly experience.

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Pedagogy
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2010-01-01
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10.1215/15314200-2009-033
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  1. Newcomb (2015)
    From Tourist to Planner: Preparing for Affect in Henri Dunant’sA Memory of Solferino
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