Freedom to Teach and Learn Literature

This book is based on the author's practice in teaching and learning literature. It
approaches this subject as a privileged context for critical thinking, knowledge
construction, and autonomy both for teachers and learners. It emphasizes
practice though linking it with theory. Readers will fi nd many examples to
clarify explanations. It presents concept mapping as a powerful tool to facilitate
one's expression of thinking+feeling+acting when experiencing a literary text.
The book offers the opportunity of a hands-on participation in working with
concept maps and of interacting with the author through email, if the reader
feels like doing it. The aim here is to suggest ways to achieve a context of freedom
and autonomy in literature classes as well as to encourage more readers to love
reading and literature.