Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol in Prose" as the basis of an instructional unit

Name: Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol in Prose" as the basis of an instructional unit
Brand: GRIN Verlag
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By Volker Lorenz

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Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,7, http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Literaturvermittlung im Englischunterricht, language: English, abstract: While the traditional use of literature at schools usually relies on interpretation and the existence of a ¿correct¿ way of interpreting the text, more recent theories like the aesthetics of reception focus on the dynamic interaction between the text and its readers, aiming at a type of aesthetic reading.
Charles Dickens¿s novel of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge being visited by the three ghosts of Christmas and turning over to a new leaf is probably one of the best-known English novels; it is alluded to in many other pieces of literature, in films and even comics. This, banal as it may be, is already the first reason for choosing A Christmas Carol as a topic, since all the gags and allusions elsewhere would not be understood without some knowledge of Dickens¿s novel. Reading experiences also play an important role when it comes to motivation: other classic novels by Dickens like Oliver Twist, Great Expectations or David Copperfield, or their film adaptations may serve as a motivation for reading A Christmas Carol, or vice versa. Finally, apart from conveying a moral message, Dickens¿s story also portraits the Victorian age of Britain and its nuisances as vivid as only few other novels, which stays in mind far better than only hearing a report.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 3
Number of Pages:: 16
Release Date:: 2008-06-28
Publication Date:: 2008-06-28
Publisher:: GRIN Verlag
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3638954722
ISBN13:: 9783638954723
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 40 g
Height:: 14.8 cm
Width:: 21 cm
Thickness:: 0.2 cm

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