Overview

Help students to explore the intertextuality of literature and to think more deeply and compassionately about the world. This book shows high school teachers and college instructors how to foreground a work’s cultural context, recognizing that every culture has its own narrative tradition of oral and written classics that inform its literature. The author introduces readers to the LIST Paradigm, a guided approach to culturally responsive reading that encourages readers to access and analyze a text by asking significant questions designed to foster close, critical reading. By combining aspects of both literary analysis (exploring the elements of fiction such as plot, setting, and character) and literary criticism (exploring works from multiple perspectives such as historical, psychological, and archetypal), the LIST Paradigm helps educators “unlock” literature with four keys to culture: Language, Identity, Space, and Time. In Culturally Responsive Reading, Washington exposes cultural myths, reveals racist and culturally biased language, dismantles stereotypes, and prevents the egregious misreading of works written by people of color. Book Features: Describes a unique approach to culturally responsive reading, including specific teaching strategies and rich classroom examples. Explores numerous texts by writers of color that are rarely included as required reading in literature courses. Provides examples and illustrations of innovative ways to incorporate multicultural texts into an introductory literature course. Incorporates epigraphs and questions that highlight each component of the LIST approach. Includes a critical essay that guides teachers through the process of teaching a complex postmodern novel (Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao).

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Author:   Durthy A. Washington ,  Carolyn Denard
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.306kg
ISBN:  

9780807768280

ISBN 10:   0807768286
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   24 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi Preface: “Why Are We Reading This?” xiii The Tar Baby Incident xiii The LIST Paradigm: A Guided Approach to Teaching Literature xv Creating the LIST Paradigm xix Introduction: Culturally Responsive Reading: What It Is and Why It Matters 1 “Moving Out Beyond Yourself”: Coping With Culture Shock 3 Defining “American” Literature: Reading Western “Classics” 4 Exploring Postcolonial Literature: Telling Our Own Stories 5 Achieving Agency: Rejecting “The White Criterion” 6 Misreading Multicultural Texts 6 Challenging Censorship 10 PART I: The LIST Paradigm: A Guide to Culturally Responsive Reading 1. Culture in the Classroom: Introducing the LIST Paradigm 15 Teaching at the Academy 16 Exploring Cultural Myths 17 Exploring Definitions of “Culture” 20 Teaching Values 22 Introducing the LIST Paradigm 22 Literary Analysis 23 Literary Criticism 25 LIST Paradigm Exercises 25 Teaching Through the Lens of Culture 27 2. Telling Our Stories: Exploring the Power of Narrative 35 Defining “Story” 38 Bibliotherapy 39 Mindful Reading 39 Types of Stories 40 3. Readers, Reading, and the Reading Process 43 Why We Read 44 What We Read 44 How We Read 49 4. Interrogating the Text: Asking Significant Questions 63 Conflicting Views on Reading Literature 63 Engaging Questions From Other Disciplines 64 Who Is “Qualified” to Speak? 67 PART II: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Four “Keys to Culture” 5. Language: “How Does the Author Contextualize Linguistic Signs and Symbols?” 75 Language as Resistance 76 Language in Postcolonial Studies 77 Reading Ousmane Sembène’s Niiwam 78 Language Creation: Code-Switching and Code-Meshing 79 Language Validation: Standard English and Vernacular 80 Language Use: Unlocking the Power of Language 81 Significant Questions—General 93 Significant Questions—Music 93 6. Identity: “Who Are These People and What Do They Want?” 97 Identity Politics (Race, Racism, and Colorism) 98 Literary Archetypes 103 Cultural Stereotypes 106 Significant Questions 109 7. Space: “How Do Characters Negotiate the Text’s Physical, Psychological, and Cultural Landscapes?” 111 Physical Space 112 Domestic Space (“Home”) 114 Racialized Space 115 Counterspaces (Third Space Theory) 116 Psychological Space 117 The Subaltern 118 Cultural Landscapes: The Slave Ship 119 Narrative Space 119 Significant Questions 120 8. Time: “How Does the Author Manipulate Time?” 123 Cultural Perceptions of Time 123 Historiography 124 Historicity 124 Exploring Time in Contemporary Fiction 125 Significant Questions 130 PART III: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Unlocking the Text 9. Cultural Contexts for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 135 Reading Oscar Wao 136 Language in Oscar Wao 137 History: The Parsley Massacre 138 Major Influences 138 Author Background 139 10. Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 142 Introducing the Novel 143 Narrative Structure 144 Language: ""How Does the Author Contextualize Linguistic Signs and Symbols?"" 144 Identity: ""Who Are These People and What Do They Want?"" 147 Space: ""How Do Characters Negotiate the Text’s Physical, Psychological, and Cultural Landscapes?"" 150 Time: ""How Does the Author Manipulate Time?"" 152 Coda 154 Appendix A.1: Exploring the LIST Paradigm: A Reader’s Guide 156 Appendix A.2: LIST Paradigm Worksheet 158 Appendix B: Defining Elements of Morrison’s Fiction 160 Appendix C: Notes on Narrative Structure 163 Appendix D: Suggestions for Pairing Texts 169 References 173 Index 184 About the Author 194

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""" Culturally Responsive Reading: Teaching Literature for Social Justice is an essential resource that provides educators with an explicit and accessible approach to analyzing, criticizing, and making meaningful connections across diverse texts that foster conversations between students and teachers related to perspective, culture, race, and systems of power and oppression."" --Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy"

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Durthy A. Washington is a writer, seminar leader, former English professor, and founder of LitUnlocked©, which offers workshops and seminars dedicated to the art of mindful culturally responsive reading.

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