ERIC Number: EJ1216481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0494
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Pakistani Undergraduate Students Learning English Fiction: An Insight into Perceptions of Identity, Rights and Duties in Relation to Four Novels
English in Education, v53 n2 p161-174 2019
This paper presents original research which investigates university students' perceptions of identity, rights and duties in relation to four novels at a public-sector university in Sindh, Pakistan. Reader-response framework and model of citizenship are used as theoretical frameworks guiding this study. The findings are based on data supplied by 26 participants through interviews. The key arguments based on findings of this study are that the participants discussed and connected to identity, rights and duties in the novels that were geographically, socially and temporally close in terms of their context which was as expected in light of Rosenblatt's framework. These results are important for curriculum designers, teachers and researchers of citizenship, fiction and education in the context as they provide significant insights into students' perceptions in relation to fiction.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Identification (Psychology), Novels, Reader Response, Context Effect, Civil Rights, Foreign Countries, Citizenship Responsibility, English Literature, Student Attitudes, Social Responsibility
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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