Literature, Pedagogy, and Curriculum in Secondary Education Examples
This book argues for the importance of literature studies using the historical debate between the disinterested disciplines (“art for art’s sake”) and utilitarian or productive disciplines. Foregoing the traditional argument that literature is a unique sp
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M. Martin Guiney
Literature, Pedagogy, and Curriculum in Secondary Education Examples from France
M. Martin Guiney Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-52137-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52138-1
ISBN 978-3-319-52138-1 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017936361 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Tetra Images / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
In memory of Louise Purves Guiney
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The research for this book was made possible by generous, ongoing support from Kenyon College, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Faculty members of the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle welcomed me during the 2008–2009 academic year, when I began in earnest to research and reflect on the academic status of literature as a “general education” discipline. I am grateful in particular to Jean Bessière and Stéphane Michaud of the department of Comparative Literature, and to Jean-Louis Chiss, Emmanuel Fraisse, and Dan Savatovsky of the department of Didactique du Français Langue Etrangère, for allowing me to sit in on their seminars, meet their students, and spend long hours in discussion with them about the current debates over the literature curriculum in France. Emmanuel Fraisse also played an important role in the genesis of this book by encouraging me to investigate the teaching of literature in American secondary education, and inviting me to publish on the topic in the journals Revue Internationale d’éducation de Sèvres and Revue de l’Association f
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