A Mirror and a Telescope : Using Reader Responses in an International Literature Project
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Author(s)
Detail(s)
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 44-55 |
| Journal / Publication | Asian EFL Journal |
| Issue number | 80 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Link(s)
| Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(2097041c-e537-4f8f-9d62-0a0e0b430131).html |
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Abstract
Reader Response literary theory affords a useful paradigm for understanding how literature
can be used in the ESL classroom. This paper discusses an international literature project in
which university students in Iraq, Hong Kong, and the United States read the Hemingway
short story, “Cat in the Rain” and exchanged reader responses with students in the other
countries. It enabled students to articulate and mirror their own views to themselves, as well
as enabling students in distant lands to read those reader responses through the telescope of
email. From a student perspective, multiple benefits were thus realized while from an
institutional perspective the project facilitated internationalization of a small patch of the
university curriculum.
can be used in the ESL classroom. This paper discusses an international literature project in
which university students in Iraq, Hong Kong, and the United States read the Hemingway
short story, “Cat in the Rain” and exchanged reader responses with students in the other
countries. It enabled students to articulate and mirror their own views to themselves, as well
as enabling students in distant lands to read those reader responses through the telescope of
email. From a student perspective, multiple benefits were thus realized while from an
institutional perspective the project facilitated internationalization of a small patch of the
university curriculum.
Research Area(s)
- ESL, Literature, Literary Criticism, Reader Response
Citation Format(s)
A Mirror and a Telescope : Using Reader Responses in an International Literature Project. / Corrigan, Paul C.; Chiad, Muayyad Omran.
In: Asian EFL Journal, No. 80, 11.2014, p. 44-55.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
