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Teaching Writing/Teaching Literature

1981; National Council of Teachers of English; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/356341

1939-9006

Charles Moran,

Themes in Literature Analysis

It has always seemed clear to me that a course in the novel ought to include the making of prose fiction as well as the study or analysis of the finished product. Until last year, however, I never took the time and trouble to test my intuition. When I did, the test produced a remarkable result. Not only did the students become better readers, an outcome that was gratifying and expected-they also improved as writers of expository prose. In this essay, I will describe the experiment and its results, and I will try to account for the results.