Literary English and the Challenge of Multimodality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20501930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Beavis (0000-0002-8835-0309, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 241-252 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Changing English (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1358-684X • E-ISSN: 1469-3585 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1358684x.2013.816527 |
| OpenAlex | W1988676938 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
How to understand and argue for the nature and place of literary texts and experience in contemporary English curriculum has been and continues to be the subject of much debate. While literature as traditionally conceptualised remains an important presence in much English curriculum, the notion of what ‘literature’ is, or what the category of ‘literary’ texts and cultural forms might encompass, in a context where literacy is understood as multimodal and English and literacy curriculum addresses multimodal literacies accordingly, is less clear. This paper addresses two areas with respect to literature and literature teaching in the digital age: first, issues surrounding the ways in which national curriculum guidelines in England and Australia envisage the teaching of literature, in principle and in practice; and second, the challenges presented to print-based conceptions of literature and literature teaching within English by significantly broader conceptualisations of literature encompassing a range of aesthetic multimodal texts and forms. The kinds of insights, experience and understandings generated through the study and creation of literary and aesthetic texts in English, it is argued, are now needed more than ever. However, as literary experience becomes increasingly transmodal, how English seeks to manage media shift to encompass both print and digital forms remains a challenging issue
Art · Australian Curriculum · Curriculum · English literature · English studies · Linguistics · Literacy · Literary criticism · Literature · Multimodality · National curriculum · Pedagogy · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Digital Storytelling and Education · History · Literacy, Media, and Education · Philosophy
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Young Children’s Play in Online Virtual Worlds
The Subject of Literature
The Legacy of Ian Hunter's Work on Literature Education and the History of Reading Practices
Complexity in the Comic and Graphic Novel Medium
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |