Theory in reader-response and stylistics traditions supports L2 work with literature as it is valued by students and helps develop communicative and critical language skills. The author uses insights from empirical research to evaluate current teaching practices against this background, highlighting readers' responses to metaphor as a test case.
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'...Picken's work is an important contribution to the field in its own right, and it also opens up a new and potentially productive research agenda.' - Jeanette Littlemore, Metaphor and Symbol
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Acknowledgements Introduction Literature in Foreign Language Teaching Metaphor and Literature Comprehension of Metaphor in Literature Interpretation of Metaphor in Literature Evaluation of Metaphor in Literature Metaphor: Curriculum, Methodology and Materials References Index
JONATHAN PICKEN is a Professor in the English Department at Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan, where he is responsible for EFL courses.
