A Collective Reading of Robert Coover's "The Marker.".

Peterson, Bruce T.

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ERIC Number: EJ293020

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Publication Date: 1982

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A Collective Reading of Robert Coover's "The Marker."

Peterson, Bruce T.

CEA Forum, v13 n1 p16-19 Oct 1982

Relates a literature class's analysis of a work. Notes student discovery that meaning in a fantasy work resided in a matrix of the author's structuring of the text, the reader's re-creation of that structure internally, and the subsequent development of agreed upon meaning within the group. (MM)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Emotional Response, English Instruction, Fantasy, Group Experience, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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