Book Title: Searching for Wonder

Book Description

Reading lists are invaluable when all students in a course have enthusiastically signed up to study particular texts. But this is not often the situation in literature courses, especially university courses that fulfill degree requirements. In these courses, students have varying levels of familiarity with and interest in literature. When groups like this encounter assigned reading, it is only natural that some students will read carefully, some students will skim, and some students will skip reading altogether (opting instead to read a summary or wait for class discussion to get a sense of what’s going on). The resources in this book work with this natural inclination in our students. These assignments and tools support a radically different way of structuring a literature course, removing the barriers that often interfere with the genuine experience of wonder.