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Moss, Peter – 1980
This paper argues that the ideas people hold about teaching literary genres are out-of-date, that fictions of the imagination have been taken over by the media, which turn everything into entertainment and do not allow reflection. Student narratives are suggested as a way of incorporating personal narrative as a literary genre in order to create…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Trends, English Instruction, Literary Genres
