| Publication |
Chennai, Tulika Publishers, 2016.
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| Description |
110pGreen Spine
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| Series |
Literature and art in the classroom
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| Summary/Abstract |
Every child may not grow up to be a writer or an artist, but learning to understand the arts is essential to education. Backed by the versatile genius and vast volume of work of poet, novelist, dramatist, artist and thinker Rabindranath Tagore, educationist Feisal Alkazi sets out to introduce literature and art appreciation in the classroom. This is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sourced approach, participatory rather then top down. Using extracts from the Nobel Laureate's work, picting out highlights, scructuring 21 unusual actvities around them, the author encourages children to become careful observers, critical thinkers and curious learners.
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| Contents |
Introduction
THE ART OF WRITING
Evocative detail
Capturing atmosphere
Using lists
Animal imagery
Dramatic dialogue
Photographs as inspiration
LOOKING AT THEMES
Inequalities
Childhood and 'servocracy'
The inconsequential moment
Cruelty to animals
EXPLORING GENRES
The one-sided conversation
Ghost stories
Literary hoaxes
The peom as metaphor
In a lighter vein
The diary
WORKING WITH DESIGN
Decorating a manuscript
Designing for the stage
Capturing the blur of movement
Transcreating prose into picture
Of colours and shapes
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| Standard Number |
9350464004 Pb.
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