Facts versus feelings: teaching of literature in Indian classrooms

Srivastava, Shefali (2017) Facts versus feelings: teaching of literature in Indian classrooms. Language and Language Teaching, 6 (2). pp. 22-27. ISSN 2277-307X

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Abstract

According to Purves (1972), literature “comprises a body of texts which a reader, or a group of readers, finds necessary to read aesthetically”. He defines it as a category where “both scripted and improvised theatre, film, television, drama and happenings” are subsumed.

Item Type:	Articles in APF Magazines
Authors:	Srivastava, Shefali
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Literature, Eliciting, Reader-response, Theories.
Subjects:	Language
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Language and Language Teaching
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1921
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