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ERIC Number: EJ369125
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Our Evaluation of Literature Has Been Distorted by Academe's Bias toward Close Reading of Texts.
Rabinowitz, Peter J.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n30 pA40 Apr 6 1988
Students should learn to approach a given text in several different ways, not just through close reading, and should be given practice in various kinds of reading with a variety of text types. Otherwise, they will close rather than open intellectual doors. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Reading Strategies, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Close Reading Approach