John, Eileen (2019) Learning to be a writer from early reading. British Journal of Educational Studies, 67 (3). 291-306 . doi:10.1080/00071005.2019.1651250 ISSN 0007-1005.
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Abstract
The role of reading in educating a future writer is discussed through the study of memoirs by writers including Janet Frame, James Baldwin, and Eudora Welty. The memoirs show reading books to have been a transformative way of melding forms of experience. The following features of childhood reading are examined: (1) the role of the physical book, (2) the cognitive-aesthetic-affective impact of letters, words and ‘voices’, (3) the partially unplanned and challenging path of children’s exposure to texts, and (4) absorption of models that can be imitated and outgrown. The discussion links sympathetically to views in philosophy of education about the importance of content and beauty and of influences whose impact cannot be planned, measured or captured as generic skills. The autobiographical evidence considered here suggests that these influences can nonetheless be crucial to expanding learners’ horizons and stimulating their educational and artistic progress.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > PR English literature Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Authors -- Books and reading, Fiction -- Appreciation, Reading, Psychology of, Reading (Early childhood) , Children -- Books and reading |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Educational Studies |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0007-1005 |
| Official Date: | 13 August 2019 |
| Dates: | Date Event 13 August 2019 Published 26 July 2019 Accepted |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Page Range: | 291-306 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00071005.2019.1651250 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Re-use Statement: | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Educational Studies on 13/08/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00071005.2019.1651250 |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 August 2019 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 February 2021 |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/123713/ |
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