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Teaching in Times of Crisis - Applying Comparative Literature in the Classroom (Hardcover)
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Teaching in Times of Crisis - Applying Comparative Literature in the Classroom (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
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Teaching in Times of Crisis explores how comparative methods, which
are instrumental in reading and teaching works of literature from
around the world, also provide us with tools to dissect and engage
the moments of crises that permeate our contemporary political
realities. The book is written in the form of a series of classroom
reflections-or memos-capturing the political environment preceding
and proceeding the 2016 US presidential election. It examines the
ways in which the ethics involved in reading comparatively can be
employed by teachers and students alike to map and foster
"lifelines for cultural sustainability" (to borrow the term from
Djelal Kadir's Memos from the Besieged City) that are essential for
creating and maintaining a healthy multicultural society. Nyawalo
achieves this through comparative readings of postcolonial films,
LGBTQ texts, French slam poetry, as well as episodes from Star
Trek: The Next Generation, among other materials. The classroom
reflections captured in each memo are shaped by the Appalachian
setting in which the discussions and lessons took place. Inspired
by this setting, the author develops pedagogic ethics of
comparison-a method of reading comparatively-which privileges the
local educational spaces in which students find themselves by
mapping the contested cultural politics of Appalachian realities
onto a world literature curriculum.
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