MEJ Editor 2015, Kristine Putz, Literary Theory, Literature, Marxist Theory, World Literature

The Kite Runner From A Marxist Perspective by Kristine Putz

[pdf version here: Putz-KiteRunnerMarxistPerspective] The use of Marxist and other literary theories in the classroom helps students to realize that the subject of English is beyond the rudimentary put your comma here or reading for the sake of fulfilling some predetermined standard (a certain number of minutes of reading per night for example). English is … Continue reading The Kite Runner From A Marxist Perspective by Kristine Putz

MEJ Editor 2015, British Literature, Feminist Theory, Literary Theory, Literature, Marxist Theory, Post-Secondary, Secondary, Taya Sazama, World Literature

Theory in Practice in the High School Classroom: Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory by Taya Sazama

[pdf version here: Sazama-Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory] Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, The Kite Runner, is one of the newer modern sensations to hit high school classrooms. In a setting where a majority of the studied texts were written before the start of the twentieth century, this is quite an achievement. Especially … Continue reading Theory in Practice in the High School Classroom: Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory by Taya Sazama