03608cam a22005658i 4500 9781032635538 FlBoTFG 20251030122303.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 240308s2024 nyu ob 001 0 eng OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9781032635538 (ebook) 1032635533 9781040037676 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1040037674 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781040037652 (electronic bk. : PDF) 1040037658 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781032635514 (hardback) 9781032635521 (paperback) 10.4324/9781032635538 doi (OCoLC)1426295296 (OCoLC-P)1426295296 PN56.L27 LIT 007000 bisacsh LAN 010000 bisacsh LIT 024050 bisacsh DSA bicssc West, Elena, 1977- author. 95895 Representations of language learning and literacy : how to read literacy narratives / Elena West. New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Literary criticism and cultural theory Introduction: Representations of language learning and literacy and the demise of the powers of verbal language -- Three approaches to the study of representations of language learning and literacy -- Intersemiotic conflict in Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of memory -- The letter kills, singing gives life: literacy and multimodality in Diego Marani's Nuova grammatica finlandese -- Illiteracy, class, and multimodality in Vincenzo Rabito's Terra matta -- Conclusion: Strategies for reading literacy narratives and future directions. "Representations of language learning and literacy, also known as "literacy narratives", are a staple of literature. They tell stories of conflict that illuminate the sociocultural dynamics whereby we learn to speak, read, and write. Yes, they tend to be read as stories about the "powers" of language and literacy - the power to make someone "human", to form identity, and improve one's social status. This book introduces the "literacy narrative approach", a methodology for the study of literacy narratives that accounts for the conflict that pervades them. It achieves this by focussing on how the texts represents the interactions between writing and other semiotic modes (multimodality). Sitting at the interface between theory and practice, it provides three practical applications of the literacy narrative approach and, in the process, develops a theoretical perspective for thinking about language learning, literacy, and communication as they are practised in the real world"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Language and languages in literature. 94406 Literacy in literature. 95896 Education in literature. 71505 LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading bisacsh 92597 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy bisacsh 57792 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032635538 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 68204 68204