Human Nature and Teaching

Recent books with mentions to Wuthering Heights from different perspectives:

Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader
Edited by Brian Boyd, Joseph Carroll, and Jonathan Gottschall
Paper, 584 pages, 22 illustrations, 4 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-15019-4
June, 2010

Featuring thirty-nine essential essays by pioneering scholars, scientists, and critics, Evolution, Literature, and Film opens with an introduction to the principles of evolution, with essays from Charles Darwin on the logic of natural selection, Richard Dawkins on the genetic revolution of modern evolutionary theory, Edward O. Wilson on the unity of knowledge, Steven Pinker on the transformation of psychology into an explanatory science, and David Sloan Wilson on the integration of evolutionary theory into cultural critique. Later sections include essays on the adaptive function of the arts, discussions of evolutionary literary theory and film theory, interpretive commentaries on specific works of literature and film, and analyses using empirical methods to explore literary problems. Texts under the microscope include folk- and fairy tales; Homer's Iliad; Shakespeare's plays; works by William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, and Zora Neale Hurston; narratives in sci-fi, comics, and slash fiction; and films from Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Each essay explains the contribution of evolution to a study of the human mind, human behavior, culture, and art.

Including:

The Cuckoo’s History: Human Nature in Wuthering Heights (2008) by Joseph Carroll.

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Edited by Andrew Maunder and Jennifer Phegley
Series: Teaching the New English
Palgrave Macmillan
25 Feb 2010
Hardback: 9780230537804
Paperback: 9780230537811

This collection examines what is taught in nineteenth-century fiction courses in the light of the constantly changing canon; indicates how key critical approaches can be taught effectively through nineteenth-century fiction; and discusses the relationship between the literary text and the literary, cultural, and historical contexts surrounding it, and its importance for students. These essays offer a chronology of nineteenth-century fiction writers and texts together with an exploration of issues relating to text selection and course design. Also included are sample syllabuses, the inclusion of which is intended to give a brief snapshot of how nineteenth-century literature courses are currently being organised in different institutions across the world.

Including:

Film Adaptation: The Case of Wuthering Heights; T.R.Wright

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