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Editorial.
Teaching the Novel and Short Fiction is a broad topic, and the cluster of essays included in this issue thus covers a wide range of interesting subjects.
Several essays propose creative uses of literature to teach other subjects. Stephanie E. Libbon's contribution "Teaching Cultural Diversity in Faust through WAC" outlines the presentation of the Faust theme in a writing-across-the-curriculum seminar designed to expose students to other cultures and to prompt them to think more critically about their own. Nurten Birlik and Deniz Salli-Copur present several suggestions for the use of short stories in teaching English as a Foreign Language, with particular focus on grammar, writing, and speaking. In "Using Teen Chick Lit Novels to Teach Marketing," Peter A. Maresco outlines the incorporation of popular literature to teach marketing students about product placement.
A second set presents what might be termed new approaches to old (or at least canonical) texts. "Homer's Odyssey as Serious Classroom Entertainment" is the title of the essay by Kimberly K. Bell, who uses a cultural approach and an emphasis on the aesthetics of reading to generate student interest in studying the Greek epic. Alexander L. Kaufman details replacing the traditional method of teaching Malory's Morte Darthur through summary and selection with an examination of the stylistic and cultural similarities between Malory and his contemporary medieval chroniclers. Finally, in "Teaching (Not Preaching) Masterworks in Drama," ...
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- Magazine article from: Academic Exchange Quarterly Rule, Audrey C. Barrera, Manuel T. December 22, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Training & Development Jackson, Gregg B. Wirt, John G. November 1, 1996 700+ words
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire March 13, 2008 700+ words
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- Research and Markets: Work Based Learning Demonstrates How To Engage Our...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 13, 2008 700+ words
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- Using teen chick lit novels to teach marketing.
- Magazine article from: Academic Exchange Quarterly Maresco, Peter A. March 22, 2007 700+ words
Abstract This paper will outline how the author uses the sub-genre of teen fiction referred to as teen chick lit to teach students the marketing concept known as product placement. The paper provides the rationale for using fictional teen focused novels as a vehicle for teaching product placement
Source: HighBeam Research, Editorial.