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ERIC Number: EJ634623
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
How Comic Books Can Change the Way Our Students See Literature: One Teacher's Perspective.
Versaci, Rocco
English Journal, v91 n2 p61-67 Nov 2001
Notes that the primary goal for teaching literature is to encourage students to see themselves as having a voice in the question of what constitutes literary merit by defining reasonable parameters by which to judge a creative work. Discusses how the author uses comic books in most of his composition classes and all of his literature classes. (SG)
Descriptors: Comics (Publications), Community Colleges, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Popular Culture, Reading Attitudes, Reading Materials, Student Participation
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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