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OverviewThere is a long history of interest in ‘strangers’ and ‘strangeness’ in the West. Literature lends itself particularly well to an exploration of the strange in its richly varied forms, having often contained portraits of outsiders. These portraits depict people who are strange in their unusual appearance or demeanour, their out-of-the-ordinary actions or attitudes, their defiance of convention, their marginalisation from society, or their resistance to dominant structures and practices, as well as those who come from strange worlds. Each contribution in this collection focuses on a novel, story or play. The essays engage works by Shelley, Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Dostoevsky, Conrad, Grazia Deledda, Kafka, Beckett, and Camus, all of whom have much to offer the central theme of ‘strangers and strangeness’. This book demonstrates that there is considerable value in encountering, experiencing and reflecting upon that which is strange. Education is, amongst other things, a process of learning to see the world otherwise, and literature has the capacity to promote this form of human development. This book allows readers to re-experience the ordinary, and to learn that what at first seems strange is rather closer to us than we had previously imagined. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy & Theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Roberts (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138057531ISBN 10: 1138057533 Pages: 132 Publication Date: 31 May 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Educative strangeness 2. Strangers and Orphans: Knowledge and mutuality in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 3. A Strange Condition of Things: Alterity and knowingness in Dickens’ David Copperfield 4. Spectral Strangers: Charlotte Brontë’s teachers 5. The Stranger Within: Dostoevsky’s underground 6. Being a Stranger and the Strangeness of Being: Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Sharer as an allegory of being in education 7. The Servant: Class estrangement as experience in Grazia Deledda’s Canne al vento 8. Caring About Strangers: A Lingisian reading of Kafka’s Metamorphosis 9. A Desperate Comedy: Hope and alienation in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot 10. Confronting the Absurd: An educational reading of Camus’ The StrangerReviews'[E]ach chapter of this book deepens and refines our understanding of some well-known masterpieces, opening new lines of inquiry into canonical texts. Beyond exploring strangeness and strangers, therefore, these analyses of educative strangeness in works of literature will appeal to educational philosophers as well as literary scholars.' Thomas Cole, PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida, Review 19, 29 July 2017 '[E]ach chapter of this book deepens and refines our understanding of some well-known masterpieces, opening new lines of inquiry into canonical texts. Beyond exploring strangeness and strangers, therefore, these analyses of educative strangeness in works of literature will appeal to educational philosophers as well as literary scholars.' Thomas Cole, PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida, Review 19, 29 July 2017 Author InformationPeter Roberts is Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His primary areas of scholarship are philosophy of education and educational policy studies. His most recent books include Better Worlds: Education, Art, and Utopia (2013) and From West to East and Back Again: An Educational Reading of Hermann Hesse’s Later Work (2012). He is also President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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