Development of Logical and Coherent Literary Interpretations

In this paper we present a case study in which High School freshmen in Brazil produce literary interpretations. The paper is based upon the theory of genres and registers by Eggins and Martin (1997) and on Bakhtin (1981) and Voloshinov (1973). We demonstrate by means of examples taken from students’...

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Main Author: Betina von Staa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2012-05-01
Series:The ESPecialist: Research in Language for Specific Purposes
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Online Access:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/9289
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description In this paper we present a case study in which High School freshmen in Brazil produce literary interpretations. The paper is based upon the theory of genres and registers by Eggins and Martin (1997) and on Bakhtin (1981) and Voloshinov (1973). We demonstrate by means of examples taken from students’ texts that activities such as a debate in which students perceived how different their points of view were and the practice of writing summaries and accounts may have originated texts in which students showed more self-assurance by the end of the semester.
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spelling doaj.art-dc749619110d47aeacadc9cb5a33aecc2022-12-21T18:57:34ZengPontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloThe ESPecialist: Research in Language for Specific Purposes0102-70772318-71152012-05-012626739Development of Logical and Coherent Literary InterpretationsBetina von StaaIn this paper we present a case study in which High School freshmen in Brazil produce literary interpretations. The paper is based upon the theory of genres and registers by Eggins and Martin (1997) and on Bakhtin (1981) and Voloshinov (1973). We demonstrate by means of examples taken from students’ texts that activities such as a debate in which students perceived how different their points of view were and the practice of writing summaries and accounts may have originated texts in which students showed more self-assurance by the end of the semester.https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/9289literary interpretationsummaryaccountsgenre.
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title Development of Logical and Coherent Literary Interpretations
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title_short Development of Logical and Coherent Literary Interpretations
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