Proposal Title
Aesthetic Readings of Literary Narratives for Social Justice
Abstract
This paper examines and critiques current literary practices in the secondary classroom through an interdisciplinary lens that knits together research from the fields of neuroscience, literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory. Through an exploration of the potential of the aesthetic to transform reader behaviors and attitudes, this work begins to build the rationale for a new literary canon and social justice–oriented pedagogy in the US education system.
Start Date
24-3-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
24-3-2017 10:50 AM
Presentation Type
Paper
Disciplines
Education | English Language and Literature | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Philosophy | Secondary Education | Theory and Criticism
Aesthetic Readings of Literary Narratives for Social Justice
U-Hall 3-101
This paper examines and critiques current literary practices in the secondary classroom through an interdisciplinary lens that knits together research from the fields of neuroscience, literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory. Through an exploration of the potential of the aesthetic to transform reader behaviors and attitudes, this work begins to build the rationale for a new literary canon and social justice–oriented pedagogy in the US education system.
