A Writing-to-Learn/Reader-Response Approach to Teaching Antigone

Duane H. Roen

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Abstract

I must begin with a confession. When I was a senior in Clair Stein’s humanities class at Baldwin-Woodville High School, Wisconsin, in the spring of 1967, we studied Sophocles’ Antigone. By the time I had finished reading the play, I fantasized that I could save Antigone from her cursed fate if I were to marry her. Since then, every time I have read or seen or taught the play, I have had flashbacks to those romantic adolescent dreams. I also have them every time I drive by the Antigone Bookstore at the intersection of Fifth Street and Fourth Avenue in Tucson-something that happens several times each week.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationReader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages225-234
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781136608018
ISBN (Print)9781138164703
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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