Image Explosion: Using Narrative Writing to Deepen Critical Reading
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| Title: | Image Explosion: Using Narrative Writing to Deepen Critical Reading |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kate Sjostrom |
| Source: | Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education. 2025 32(1):45-54. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Critical Reading, Writing Instruction, Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Writing Exercises, Learning Activities, Imagery, Writing (Composition), Pronunciation, Classroom Environment, Sense of Community, Higher Education, Personal Narratives, Literary Criticism |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1358684X.2024.2444504 |
| ISSN: | 1358-684X 1469-3585 |
| Abstract: | In the English classroom, narrative writing is often separated from the work of reading literature or used merely to coax reluctant students into discussing textually relevant topics. This article discusses a close writing activity, Image Explosion, that engages students in narrative writing that brings attention to the smallest details of literary texts. Having revised and refined the activity since learning of it at Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking, the author outlines how Image Explosion can sharpen students' ability to discuss diction, imagery, tone, and theme; develop engaging literary analysis topics; and strengthen classroom community through the sharing of personal narratives. Drawing on Louise Rosenblatt's conception of the reader's role and Laurence Perrine's delineation of a literary text's area of meaning, the author contends that there is a place for students' personal narratives in the analytical classroom -- and that those narratives can advance analysis of literary texts. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1463702 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In the English classroom, narrative writing is often separated from the work of reading literature or used merely to coax reluctant students into discussing textually relevant topics. This article discusses a close writing activity, Image Explosion, that engages students in narrative writing that brings attention to the smallest details of literary texts. Having revised and refined the activity since learning of it at Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking, the author outlines how Image Explosion can sharpen students' ability to discuss diction, imagery, tone, and theme; develop engaging literary analysis topics; and strengthen classroom community through the sharing of personal narratives. Drawing on Louise Rosenblatt's conception of the reader's role and Laurence Perrine's delineation of a literary text's area of meaning, the author contends that there is a place for students' personal narratives in the analytical classroom -- and that those narratives can advance analysis of literary texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1358-684X 1469-3585 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1358684X.2024.2444504 |
