Aesthetic Readings of Diverse Literary Narratives for Social Justice

• In Event: 58.083 - Roundtable Session 26
  In Roundtable Session: 58.083-13 - Outcomes of Learning: Mapping the Processes of Being and Becoming

Abstract

This paper forwards an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that knits together knowledge from domains of literacy, education and neuroscience to more fully understand the learning opportunities made available to readers of literary narratives when they adopt an aesthetic stance. This framework calls for both the diversification of literary narratives in the classroom and for a renewed reverence for the aesthetic in service of social justice.

Author

• Leah M Van Vaerenewyck, Lesley University