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Literature, Metaphor and the Foreign Language Learner

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ISBN-10: 023050695X

ISBN-13: 9780230506954

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jonathan D. Picken, Jonathan Picken

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The value of work with literature has been argued for extensively in the applied linguistics literature. The author builds on this by investigating the FL learner's perspective on work of this nature. This empirical research sheds light both on how students deal with the challenge of making sense of literature in a foreign language and how they evaluate the experience of doing this. The book highlights the role of metaphor in this experience and concludes with two pedagogy-related chapters.
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 10/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 174
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

List of tables
List of boxes
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Reading a poem
Literature and literary theory
Literature and empirical research
Background to the research
Organization of the book
Writing a book about literature for an audience of L2 teachers
A note on the language
Literature in L2 teaching
Introduction
Arguments that also apply to literature
Literary texts are authentic
Literary texts are motivating
Literature makes learners focus on the form of the language
Literature helps learners to handle linguistic creativity
(Children's) literature contributes to intercultural understanding
Arguments that are specific to literature
Background to the arguments: Foregrounding
Stylistics
Reader response
Politically critical approaches
Empirical research
Online processing: Comprehension
Leisurely processing: Interpretation
Leisurely processing: Evaluation and affective response
Conclusion
Metaphor and Literature
Introduction
Linguistic and conceptual metaphor
Linguistic metaphor
Conceptual metaphor
Metaphor in literature
Metaphor comprehension
Metaphor interpretation
Metaphor evaluation and other affective responses
Conclusion
Comprehension of Metaphor in Literature
Introduction
L1 metaphor comprehension
Conventionality and salience
Form of the metaphor
The role of conceptual metaphors
The role of context
L2 metaphor comprehension
L2 comprehension of metaphor in literature
Literal and metaphorical comprehension of metaphor in literature
Afterthought: Literal meaning revisited
Conclusion
Interpretation of Metaphor in Literature
Introduction
Metaphor interpretation
L1 and L2 metaphor interpretation
L1 and L2 interpretation of metaphor in literature
L2 metaphor interpretation studies
L2 recognition of patterns of metaphor
Patterns of metaphor in 'textoids'
CM awareness-raising and L2 recognition and interpretation of linguistic metaphor
The 'Woods' study
The 'Road' study
The Love/Life study
Discussion of the CM awareness-raising studies
Conclusion
Evaluation of Metaphor in Literature
Introduction
Metaphor and evaluation
Evaluation and schema refreshment
Evaluation and similarity
Evaluation and context
Evaluation and genre: Metaphor richness and clarity
Evaluation and teaching
The value of (metaphor in) literature in the L2 classroom
'Woods' evaluation study: What motivates L2 students' evaluations?
Teaching and evaluation: Metaphor awareness-raising and group-work discussion
Metaphor explicitness and the evaluation of short stories
The 'Night' evaluation study
The 'Carpathia' evaluation study
Conclusion
Metaphor: Curriculum, Methodology, and Materials
Introduction
Metaphor and the curriculum
Metaphor and methodology
Metaphor and materials
Conclusion
References
Index