Alice Munro : understanding, adapting and teaching /: understanding, adapting and teaching. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mirosława Buchholtz, editor.
• Editors: Buchholtz, Mirosława
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Editor and Contributors; 1 Reading and Interviewing of Alice Munro; Abstract; 1 The Art of Interview; 2 The Art of Reading; References; Part IUnderstanding; 2 Gender and Space in ``The Albanian Virgin''; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Charlotte/Lottar as a Woman in Transit; 3 Sexing the Space; 4 Beyond ``Gender Trouble''; 5 ``The Gender of Choice''; 6 Conclusion: Out of the Closet; References; 3 Images of Past and Present: Memory and Identity in Alice Munro's Short-Story Cycles; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Lives of Girls and Women; 1.2 Who Do You Think You Are? 2 ``Chance, '' ``Soon, '' and ``Silence''3 Conclusion; References; 4 Missions and Explorers: ``Amundsen'' as a Key to Reading Alice Munro's Other Stories; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 ``Amundsen''; 2.1 Journey; 2.2 Quest; 2.2.1 Vivien's Quest Number 1; 2.2.2 Vivien's Quest Number 2; 2.3 Discovery; 3 ``Amundsen'' as a Key to Reading Munro's Other Stories; 3.1 Journey; 3.2 Quest; 3.3 Discovery; 4 Conclusion; References; 5 `Shockingly Like, and Unlike, Home': Gothic Realism in the Progress of Love; Abstract; 1 Gothic Realism; 2 The Progress of Love?; 3 Ambiguities; 4 Love and Fate; References. Part IIAdapting6 Hateship Loveship, Adaptation; Abstract; References; 7 Del Jordan: Becoming a Writer; Abstract; 1 Alice Munro's Künstlerroman; 2 People Around Del; 3 Events; 4 The Surroundings; 5 Becoming a Writer; References; 8 ``There Is a Change Coming [2026] in the Lives of Girls and Women.'' Del Jordan's and Catherine Sloper's Ways to Independence; Abstract; 1 Female Characters in Henry James's and Alice Munro's Books; 2 Adaptations; 3 Film Depictions of Del Jordan and Catherine Sloper; 4 Other Women; 5 Men's Roles; 6 Life and Independence; References. 9 Works by Alice Munro in Textual and Editorial Scholarship: Through the Prism of Konrad G00F3rski's StudyAbstract; References; Part IIITeaching; 10 The Question of Sources: Teaching Texts Versus Hypotexts; Abstract; References; 11 Teaching Alice Munro in Canada; Abstract; 12 Alice Munro in Japan and Germany: Interviews; Abstract; 13 Teaching Alice Munro in Poland: Interviews; Abstract; 14 Alice Munro at Polish Universities: An Analysis of Selected Academic Texts, Including BA, MA and PhD Theses; Abstract; References; 15 The Lesson of the Mistress: From ``The Office'' to ``To Reach Japan''
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer Science and Business Media
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 813/.54; Education; Language and languages; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Arts & Humanities; Teaching of a specific subject; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319240619; 3319240617; 3319240595; 9783319240596
• Related ISBNs: 9783319240596
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 28, 2016).
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