Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Rosenblatts the reader, the text, the poem is an extraordinary resource for all teachers and scholars in the humanities. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The society for the advancement of american philosophy devoted a plenary session to her work at its 1997 national convention. A graduate of barnard college, where she taught for some years, she received a doctorate in comparative literature from the sorbonne. Rosenblatt hen asked to give my personal reactions to developments in theory in the past decade.
Louise rosenblatts literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at all levels. Publication date 1995 topics literature study and teaching. What other book on teaching written fifty years ago is even read today. Squire says, it is one of the very few books on the teaching of english that i believe all teachers should read.
Louise rosenblatt, pioneer in reading theory and the teaching. Her classic literature as explorationnow in its fifth editionintroduced the transactional theory of reading and pioneered a revolution that continues today in classrooms where reading and literature are taught she maintains that both the reader and the text are. A classicthe first edition was written in 1938this book serves as the foundation for how incorporating literature in the classroom can be a powerful exploration into the human experience. Introducing the 1968 edition of this book, first published in 1938, james r. A priority within rosenblatts scholarly work was the goal of encouraging her readers to live fully in the reading experience by seeking ways to remain actively engaged as a learner. Schools tend to emphasize the first and neglect the second, although children first experience language in an aesthetic way. Connell rosenblatt reminded me many times in both word and deed to continue to explore. To recognize, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its. Louise rosenblatt 2005 writes, in the teaching of literature, then, we are basically helping our students learn to perform in response to a text p.
Literature as exploration was published in 1938, at the beginning of rosenblatt s career, when she was an instructor in the english department at barnard college. Now reissued in an attractive trade edition, it features a new foreword by wayne booth, a new preface and retrospective chapter by the author, and an updated list of suggested readings. Louise rosenblatts literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at all levels for six decades. Rosenblatt t his is a critical hour for the teach ing of literature in the schools of america. Louise rosenblatts literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of. In literature as exploration, rosenblatt reminds us that the reader plays. Mla, 1938 and the reader, the text, the poem carbondale, il. In reaffirmations, her epilogue to the fifth edition of lit erature as exploration 1995, louise reveals features of her. Reading for cognitive understanding and for aesthetic enjoyment are very different processes. From literature as exploration and the reader, the text. Louise m rosenblatt louise rosenblatt s literature as exploration 19381995 she is best known for her influential texts literature as exploration 1938 and the reader, the text, the poem.
In literature as exploration, rosenblatt presents her unique theory of literature and focuses on the immense, often untapped, potential for the study and teaching of. Literature as exploration 5th edition modern language association. In literature as exploration, rosenblatt presents her unique theory. Pedagogical resources for teaching using literature. Literature as exploration read and download pdf louise m. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Reading instruction should emphasize both types of reading.
From literature as exploration and the reader, the text, the poem. Louise m rosenblatt in literature as exploration, rosenblatt presents her unique theory of literature and focuses on the immense, often untapped, potential for the study and teaching of literature in a democratic. Literature as exploration 5th edition modern language. An intense response to a work will have its roots in the capacities and experiences already present in the personality and mind of the reader. Literature as exploration teacher criticism turning. Louise rosenblatt and the ethical turn in literary theory.
Louise rosenblatts literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at. She described this dynamic model of the reading process in literature as exploration first published in 1938, a work that has. Rosenblatt is now in its fourth edition, published by the modern language association 1983, and its influence has never been greater. Thus the book that i was moved to write, literature as exploration 1938, al though it focused on literature, had back of it a view of language activity that. Rosenblatts awardwinning work continues increasingly to be read in a wide range of academic fieldsliterary criticism, reading theory, aesthetics, composition, rhetoric, speech communication, and education. Transactional theory, as it applies to literary criticism and the teaching of literature, suggests a reciprocal, mutually defining relationship rosenblatt, 1986 between the reader and the literary text. Evoking the poem by rosenblatt mental processes poetry. Many of her impactful articles were gathered in making meaning with texts. One does not think of louise rosenblatt without also considering her two seminal texts. The reader, the text, the poem was published forty years later in. Prweb february 18, 2005 best known for the influential literature as exploration 1938, in which she argued that literature involves a transaction between the reader, the writer, and the text, and for her continuing work in reader response theory, louise was a vital force in education for many decades, as well as a longtime and beloved friend to ncte and its members. Now reissued in an attractive trade edition, it features a new foreword by wayne booth, a new preface and retrospective chapter by the author, and an updated.
Literature as exploration 1938 edition open library. The transactional theory of the literary work louise m. I want to add to the record a few words about louise m. Feb 15, 2005 retired new york university professor louise rosenblatt, who developed a revolutionary approach to reading and the teaching of literature with the 1938 publication of literature as exploration appletoncentury. Retired new york university professor louise rosenblatt, who developed a revolutionary approach to reading and the teaching of literature with the 1938 publication of literature as exploration appletoncentury. Evoking a poem rosenblatt sketches some of the major process involved in evoking the work from the text. Louise rosenblatts theory of literary experience was a landmark in.
The first part details some of the problems of the teacher and the student in approaching the literary experience. In literature as exploration, the author first presented her transactional theory of reading as she. Rosenblatt quotes author of literature as exploration. May 20, 2019 literature as exploration by louise m.
Her view of the reading transaction as a unique event involving reader and text at a particular time under particular circumstances rules out the dualistic. There are different functions readers go through as they read the text and how this activities influence their response to literature. Louise michelle rosenblatt 23 august 1904 in atlantic city, new jersey 8 february 2005 in arlington, virginia was an american university professor. Many of our high school and college graduates, it is being demon strated, have not developed the habit of reading literary works. Appletoncentury company, incorporated edition, in english. The main concern of this book on the teaching of literature is the complex dynamics of personal responses to reading. Under consultants guidance, the teacher will use literature as a hook to draw out the insecurities, confusions, and conflicts that adolescent readers need to work on. Literature as exploration louise michelle rosenblatt. Louise rosenblatt, pioneer in reading theory and the.
True, but should we accept the swing to the indoctrination of an unqualifiedly negative attitude. The transactional theory of the literary work 1978. Buy literature as exploration subsequent by louise m. Louise rosenblatt s literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at all levels for six decades.
Louise rosenblatts literature as exploration 19381995 she is best known for her influential texts literature as. Rosenblatt is a professor emerita of new york university. Her classic literature as explorationnow in its fifth editionintroduced the transactional theory of reading and pioneered a revolution that continues today in classrooms where reading and literature are taught. She is best known as a researcher into the teaching of literature. Steven mailloux, university of california at irvine louise rosenblatts work helps classroom teachers understand how childrens background experiences shape the meanings they create from books. Literature as exploration rosenblatt literature as. Transactional theory in the teaching of literature. In the book she challenges the authority of single canonical interpretations of literary texts, placing the diverse responses.
Reading is a transactional interplay between the reader and the text. Through her teaching, her writing, and her work for the national council of teachers of english, she has reshaped our conception of the literature classroom, transforming it into a place. What is the difference between efferent and aesthetic reading, according to rosenblatt. Her other widely studied work is the reader, the text, the poem. Louise rosenblatt s literature as exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at all levels. She was professor of education at new york university from. Thus, teachers become psychologists and liberators. This attractive trade paperback edition features a new foreword by wayne booth, a new preface and retrospective chapter by the author, and an updated list of suggested readings. Pedagogical resources for teaching using literature literature as exploration, by louise m. Louise rosenblatt literary and critical theory oxford. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. No one has contributed more to our understanding of the relationship between readers and texts than louise rosenblatt.
Rosenblatt s central text is literature as exploration 1938, which went through five editions and remains in print. Literature as exploration louise michelle rosenblatt snippet view 1976. Louise m rosenblatt louise rosenblatts literature as exploration 19381995 she is best known for her influential texts literature as exploration 1938 and the reader, the text, the poem. This, quite rightly, raises questions concerning the. Literature as exploration by louise rosenblatt 1938 rosenblatt pioneered readerresponse theory with this study, in which she considers how the readers response is critical to our understanding of a literary work. Literature as exploration louise michelle rosenblatt snippet view 1968. Towards a transactional theory of reading louise m. See part one for discussion of the problem of the relative validity of different interpretations. This attractive trade paperback edition features a new foreword by wayne booth, a new preface and retrospective chapter by the. Rosenblatt new york university january 1988 university of illinois at urbanachampaign 51 gerty drive champaign, illinois 61820 portions of this paper were presented at the conference on reading and writing connections sponsored by the center for the.