List of tables |
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List of boxes |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Introduction |
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1.2 Literature and literary theory |
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1.3 Literature and empirical research |
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1.4 Background to the research |
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1.5 Organization of the book |
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1.6 Writing a book about literature for an audience of L2 teachers |
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1.7 A note on the language |
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2 Literature in L2 Teaching |
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2.2 Arguments that also apply to literature |
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2.2.1 Literary texts are authentic |
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2.2.2 Literary texts are motivating |
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2.2.3 Literature makes learners focus on the form of the language |
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2.2.4 Literature helps learners to handle linguistic creativity |
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2.2.5 (Children's) literature contributes to intercultural understanding |
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2.3 Arguments that are specific to literature |
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2.3.1 Background to the arguments: Foregrounding |
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2.3.4 Politically critical approaches |
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2.4.1 Online processing: Comprehension |
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2.4.2 Leisurely processing: Interpretation |
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2.4.3 Leisurely processing: Evaluation and affective response |
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3 Metaphor and Literature |
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3.2 Linguistic and conceptual metaphor |
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3.2.1 Linguistic metaphor |
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3.2.2 Conceptual metaphor |
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3.3 Metaphor in literature |
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3.3.1 Metaphor comprehension |
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3.3.2 Metaphor interpretation |
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3.3.3 Metaphor evaluation and other affective responses |
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4 Comprehension of Metaphor in Literature |
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4.2 L1 metaphor comprehension |
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4.2.1 Conventionality and salience |
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4.2.2 Form of the metaphor |
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4.2.3 The role of conceptual metaphors |
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4.2.4 The role of context |
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4.3 L2 metaphor comprehension |
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4.4 L2 comprehension of metaphor in literature |
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4.4.1 Literal and metaphorical comprehension of metaphor in literature |
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4.4.2 Afterthought: Literal meaning revisited |
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5 Interpretation of Metaphor in Literature |
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5.2 Metaphor interpretation |
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5.2.1 L1 and L2 metaphor interpretation |
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5.2.2 L1 and L2 interpretation of metaphor in literature |
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5.3 L2 metaphor interpretation studies |
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5.3.1 L2 recognition of patterns of metaphor |
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Patterns of metaphor in 'textoids' |
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5.3.2 CM awareness-raising and L2 recognition and interpretation of linguistic metaphor |
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Discussion of the CM awareness-raising studies |
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6 Evaluation of Metaphor in Literature |
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6.2 Metaphor and evaluation |
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6.2.1 Evaluation and schema refreshment |
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6.2.2 Evaluation and similarity |
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6.2.3 Evaluation and context |
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6.2.4 Evaluation and genre: Metaphor richness and clarity |
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6.2.5 Evaluation and teaching |
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6.3 The value of (metaphor in) literature in the L2 classroom |
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6.3.1 'Woods' evaluation study: What motivates L2 students' evaluations? |
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6.3.2 Teaching and evaluation: Metaphor awareness-raising and group-work discussion |
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6.3.3 Metaphor explicitness and the evaluation of short stories |
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The 'Night' evaluation study |
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The 'Carpathia' evaluation study |
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7 Metaphor: Curriculum, Methodology, and Materials |
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7.2 Metaphor and the curriculum |
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7.3 Metaphor and methodology |
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7.4 Metaphor and materials |
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References |
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Index |
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