Articulating Abstractions: Building Teacher-Student Connections in the Literature Classroom

• Main Authors: Cruz, Priscilla Angela T, Chong, Su Li
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: grammatics; relational reading; elaboration; Systemic Functional Linguistics; English Language and Literature; Linguistics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/144; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003013983-9/articulating-abstractions-priscilla-angela-cruz?context=ubx&refId=68323f1b-deb2-451f-b2c7-a825c9cb6c0d
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This chapter is an exploration of interpreting literary texts; of the meanings that teachers and students find in a specific text; such as a poem. As a literature teacher; guiding my students to discover what a text means is the key element of my classes. However; this is a difficult process as ther...