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The Cavalier Poets (A term paper for writing 316) How can we teach the Cavaliers Working Bibliography (A term paper for writing 316) Project for WR. 316/Engl. 339
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We must ask ourselves how we can help the student to see just what the differences in ideals are held within the texts for their own society as compared to that of the author's of another. A literary tool that will help the teacher in this area is that of reader-response criticism. According to Louise M. Rosenblatt "both the reader and the text must work together to produce meaning" (qtd. in Bressler 66). The student reading the Cavaliers, if working with the text as Rosenblatt says, can derive meaning from the poems that can help them in making life decisions of a moral nature. Rosenblatt explained in her text The Reader, the Text, the Poem that, "Both the reader and the text interact or share a transactional experience: The text acts as a stimulus for eliciting various past experiences, thoughts, and ideas from the reader, those found in both our everyday existence and in past reading experiences" (qtd. in Bressler 66-7). When the student reads the Cavalier's poems and notes their ideals and attitudes they may use these to formulate their own on life. That same high school age student may have an attitude toward life that does not include pondering what will happen in their future. Could the Cavaliers Carpe Diem, (Latin, 'seize the day') "Live while you can, savor the moment", attitude be something that might grab the student's attention? This attention grabbing attitude might help the student decide that literature can be something worth studying. Why teach the Cavalier Poets? How can we teach the Cavalier Poets? New Criticism Essay Working Bibliography
You are here. Reader Response. URL of this web page: http://www.cocc.edu/jimh/reader_response.htm You are here. How can we teach the Cavalier Poets? URL of this webpage: http://www.cocc.edu/jimh/reader_response.htm This page was last updated on 06/09/02.
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