1st Edition

Teaching with Dystopian Text Exploring Orwellian Spaces for Student Empowerment and Resilience

By Michael Arthur Soares Copyright 2024
186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Teaching with Dystopian Text propounds an exchange of spatial to pedagogical practices centered around “Orwellian Spaces,” signaling a new utility for teaching with dystopian texts in secondary education. The volume details the urgency of dystopian texts for secondary students, providing theoretical frameworks, classroom examples and practical research. The function of dystopian texts, such... Read more

Introduction: Urgency of Dystopian Text  1: Picture(s) of the Future  2: Grim Visions in the Classroom  3: Learning from Orwell  4: Orwellian Spaces  5: Critical Selection of Dystopian Text  6: Course Design  7: Brave New Pedagogy: A Classroom Story  8: Teaching Dystopian Text During COVID-19  9: Teaching Dystopian Text in a Dystopian Educational Climate

Biography

Michael Arthur Soares is a secondary school English Teacher and an English Adjunct Faculty Member at Heartland Community College, USA.