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ERIC Number: EJ377333
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Close vs. Closed Reading: Interpreting the Clues.
Beehler, Sharon A.
English Journal, v77 n6 p39-43 Oct 1988
Discusses how "close" reading led to "closed" reading (a work's one true meaning is available only to a select few). Advocates "open" reading, returning authority over the text to students. Espouses the detective story as an open text which has been "closed" by the author but which resists closure. (SR)
Descriptors: Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Close Reading Approach; Detective Stories; Literature Instruction