Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom

Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage methodology for teaching literature in language curriculum that repurposes Bloom's original and revised taxonomy to promote the language acquisition process and spark other types of learning.

Kelly Comfort holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, Davis. She is a professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Abigail Scharf has completed her B.A. in Spanish and psychology from the University of Miami and her M.S. in applied languages and intercultural studies from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a J.D. at The George Washington University Law School.

Preface: In Defense of Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom Introduction: Repurposing Bloom's Taxonomy for Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom Chapter 1: Text Selection, Preparation, and Initiation: Recognize, Contextualize, Remember Chapter 2: Beginning Literary Analysis: Describe, Identify, Understand Chapter 3: Intermediate Literary Analysis: Interpret, Analyze, Examine Chapter 4: Advanced Literary Analysis: Synthesize, Compare, Evaluate Chapter 5: Reflective and Creative Engagement: Relate, Create, Produce Conclusion: From Theory to Practice-Applying Our Methodology to a Sample Literary Text Index