{"product_id":"9780367150648-studying-fiction","title":"Studying Fiction","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Guide for Teachers and Researchers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudying Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e provides a rationale and set of ideas and methods for teaching literature in schools from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Written by experienced linguists and teachers it offers an overview of recent research on reading and the mind and a detailed guide to concepts such as attention and immersion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudying Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e provides a clear rationale alongside ideas and methods for teaching literature in schools from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Written by experienced linguists, teachers and researchers, it offers an overview of recent studies on reading and the mind, providing a detailed guide to concepts such as attention, knowledge, empathy, immersion, authorial intention, characterisation and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book synthesises research from cognitive linguistics in an applied way so that teachers and those researching English in education can consider ways to approach literary reading in the classroom. Each chapter:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edraws on the latest research in cognitive stylistics and cognitive poetics;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscusses a range of ideas related to the whole experience of conceptualising teaching fiction in the classroom and enacting it through practice;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides activities and reflection exercises for the practitioner;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eencourages engagement with important issues such as social justice, emotion and curriculum design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with detailed suggestions for further reading and a guide to available resources, this is an essential guide for all secondary English teachers as well as those teaching and researching in primary and undergraduate phases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56434640847222,"sku":"9780367150648","price":199.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36652964.jpg?v=1760594015","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780367150648-studying-fiction","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}