Between Response and Interpretation

Ideological Becoming and Literacy Events in Critical Readings of Literature

Bibliographic Data

ID15015646
AuthorsBarbara G Pace (University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume49
Issue7
Pages584-594
Publication date2006-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1081-3004 • E-ISSN: 1936-2706
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1598/jaal.49.7.4
OpenAlexW2172089751
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

The study described in this article intended to discover how social processes can influence literary understandings and the development of critical readings of literature in the public space of a classroom. The author draws on Bakhtin's notion of “ideological becoming” to consider how dialogic exchanges focused on works of literature can support or subvert critical understandings. This cross‐case analysis illustrates how two women students changed their responses to a short story as they participated in postreading events in their literature class. The data suggest that one student whose initial response was critical of the status quo changed her thinking about the story and adopted a reading that reflected dominant ideologies. The results of this study suggest that literature teachers who introduce multiple perspectives need to have explicit strategies for supporting students' emerging critical perspectives

Class (philosophy · Critical discourse analysis · Critical literacy · Critical pedagogy · Critical reading · Critical theory · Critical thinking · Dialogic · Epistemology · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Social studies · Sociology · Status quo · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Multilingual Education and Policy · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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