Renegotiating Aesthetic Disinterest for the Literature Classroom

This paper discusses a dialectic between a so-called disinterested appreciation of literature and what I refer to as the ‘neoliberal ethos’. I am interested, primarily, in the influence of this dialectic on literary pedagogy. I will argue that the way in which the neoliberal ethos has permeated edu...

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Main Author: Mildrid Bjerke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan University 2021-05-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Art and Research
Online Access:https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/information/article/view/3768