LITERATURE FOR DEMOCRACY

Gordon M. Pradl

© 1996

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Desiring Democracy
2. Surviving in the Hall of Mirrors
3. Challenging Authority in the Classroom
4. Students Speaking Up for Themselves
5. Rethinking Our Privilege and Status
6. Listening to Ourselves
7. The World from Another Perspective
8. The Teacher as Listener
9. Literature and Exploration
10. The Impasse of Reader Response
11. Entering the Dance of Conversation
12. Conversational Responses to Poems
13. Conversing about Literature without a Teacher
14. A Democracy of Readers and Readings
15. Invitations and Possibilities