how to read literacy narratives West, Elena 1977- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource. "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"-- 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. Elena West. Language and languages in literature Literacy in literature Education in literature LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy PN56.L27 9781032635538 1032635533 9781040037676 1040037674 9781040037652 1040037658 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032635538 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032635538 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 240308 20251030122303.0 9781032635538 eng