{"product_id":"lorenz-volker-charles-dickens-s-a-christmas-carol-in-prose-as-the-basis-of-an-instructional-unit-9783638954723","title":"Charles Dickens's \"A Christmas Carol in Prose\"  as the basis of an instructional unit","description":"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.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCharles 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.","brand":"GRIN Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53798364479830,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9783638954723_1_a011248f-b7f5-4d7c-a9cf-fc793e3e94e7.jpg?v=1783370828","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/lorenz-volker-charles-dickens-s-a-christmas-carol-in-prose-as-the-basis-of-an-instructional-unit-9783638954723","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}