Active Reading (Continuum Literary Studies)

by Ben Knights (Author), Chris Thurgar - Dawson (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $223.24

  Provides a structured process of writing activities using imitation, variation and experimentation. This work contains practical composition techniques such as 'transformational writing', 're-writing' or 'translation'. It also includes appendices with examples of the range of activities that can be used and an indicative list of literary examples.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $69.43

  Highlights the value of creative and re-creative transformational writing in learning and teaching and provides practical examples of its application. This book outlines the importance of writing as a medium of learning and argues for its usefulness in aiding English students' understanding of theoretical as well as literary and cultural texts.