The Legacy of Ian Hunter's Work on Literature Education and the History of Reading Practices: Some Preliminary Remarks

Ian Hunter's early work on the history of literature education and the emergence of English as school subject issued a bold challenge to traditional accounts that have in the main focused on English either as knowledge of a particular field or as ideology. The alternative proposal put forward b...

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Published in:History of European ideas 2014-01, Vol.40 (1), p.89-95
Main Author: Patterson, Annette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative Approaches
Children
Education
English education
English Language
History
history of reading
Ideologies
Knowledge
Literature
Literature teaching
Schools
Teaching
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Summary:Ian Hunter's early work on the history of literature education and the emergence of English as school subject issued a bold challenge to traditional accounts that have in the main focused on English either as knowledge of a particular field or as ideology. The alternative proposal put forward by Hunter and supported by detailed historical analysis is that English exists as a series of historically contingent techniques and practices for shaping the self-managing capacities of children. The challenge for the field is to advance this historical work and to examine possible implications for English teaching.
ISSN:0191-6599
1873-541X
DOI:10.1080/01916599.2013.784038