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Subversion: teaching a blue novel in a red state.(Personal account)
Abstract
In an increasingly conservative climate, teachers may need to recognize that the potentially objectionable language and possibility of moral uncertainty in some novels contradict the clarity and conviction that some students expect from novels. This essay focuses on the lessons that both I and my students learned about expectations, ethos, and ambiguity when we discussed and analyzed several contentious novels in a recent Honors course.
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In the 1950s, when the State Department was investigated for closet "subversives," the word suggested not just rebellion but sedition. Today, English Departments also look for closet ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Subversion: teaching a blue novel in a red state.(Personal account)