Community-Based Learning and the Work of Literature
Community-Based Learning and the Work of Literature (JB - Anker Series) Susan Danielson (Editor), Ann Marie Fallon (Editor)
Publisher: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1933371129
DDC: 361.37
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-01-01
Summary:
This book examines how community engagement reimagines academic work
in the humanities, proposing new methodological and theoretical
approaches to scholarship and pedagogy in literary studies. The
chapter contributors--scholars of English and foreign language
literature and cultural studies--respond to three questions: How can
literary theory inform community-based learning (CBL)? How does
community service transform our assumptions about literature and the
literary aspects of everyday life? And finally, in what ways do
current readings in cultural studies extend to the question of
civitas, or the creation of a vibrant community life? By answering
these questions, the contributors move literary studies beyond the
lecture hall and certified competency in the reading of texts and
toward the formation of learning communities without walls or
borders. These humanities-based learning communities revise our
conceptions of the human condition, construct an expanded and active
sociological imagination, encourage compassion, and address issues of
social justice. Written for faculty and staff in literature and
humanities programs at all types of institutions, this book provides
innovative ways to incorporate CBL into classroom
experiences.Contents include: Can civic engagement rescue the
humanities? Cultural studies, compassion, and the promise of CBL
Community work and the revaluation of literary study The humanities
as a vocation Literary work as public work To serve, perchance to
learn: A play in four acts Language, literature, and community
engagement in the San Diego Tijuana borderlands CBL, German
literature, and intercultural competence Two old women and a mature
approach to service-learning Indigenous theory and service-learning:
A Dakota case study Students discover primary and secondary source
information through volunteer work Exploring the links between l
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