1st Edition
Teaching Literature Principles, Practices, Applications
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why Teaching Matters
Preludes
Prelude I: Seven Teaching Habits, Principles, & Values
Prelude II: How to Motivate Student Learning
Prelude III: Inform and Instruct; Intervene and Improvise; Inspire
PART I: PRINCIPLES—Foundations
1. Literacy & Learning
2. Acquiring and Evaluating Knowledge
3. Modes of Thinking
4. Method Vs. System
5. Heuristics, Hermeneutics, Homiletics
PART II: PRACTICES—Approaches
6. Reading, Writing and Thinking Connections
7. Robert Scholes, Exemplary Scholar/Teacher/Critic
8. Imaginary Dialogues on Literature and Writing
PART III: APPLICATIONS I—Master Class Methods
9. Close Teaching: William Shakespeare, from Henry IV, Part I & Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants”
10. Beginnings and Endings: Sandra Cisneros, “Barbie-Q” & James Joyce, “The Dead”
11. Voice and Tone: Tillie Olsen, “I Stand Here Ironing”; Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
PART IV: APPLICATIONS II—Master Teachers’ Reading & Teaching Techniques
12. Deep Reading: Pat C. Hoy II
13. Contextual Reading: Adrian Barlow
14. Discussion-Based Teaching and Learning: Margaret Fuller and Jane Addams
Appendix: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
References
Index
Biography
Robert DiYanni is Professor of Humanities at New York University, USA where he serves on the faculties of the School of Professional Studies and the Stern School of Business, following a decade in the College of Arts and Science. His publications include Reading Literature, Thinking through Words, Writing that Matters, and The Teaching Life (2026).
