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Building upon the approach to reading literature pioneered by Bruce Gardiner at the University of 宅男导航 for over four decades, Literature and Pedagogy is devoted to the way that texts 鈥� literary texts in particular 鈥� seek to instruct us.
Bruce Gardiner has inspired generations of teachers and scholars in the field of literary criticism. He stands for a scholarly ethos which is at risk of disappearing. His distinctive academic career, which was entirely devoted to research-led teaching, invites us to think about the relationships between literary studies and pedagogy. It also invites us to ask what role a unique pedagogical style plays in the evolution of a discipline.
This collection explores these questions, while also documenting Gardiner鈥檚 methods of scholarly as much as professional resistance to the neo-liberalisation and neo-conservatism of contemporary academic culture. Contributors draw from inspiring encounters with him to reflect upon the rhetoric and motifs of pedagogy within literary works. They put Gardiner鈥檚 mode of reading into practice by offering new interpretations of pedagogical mechanisms employed within important literary works, from the seventeenth century to the present, and of cultural phenomena, like colonial interpretations of the Australian lyrebird鈥檚 song. The volume also offers pieces inspired by Gardiner, such as poetry, art, translation and creative non-fiction, as well as three unpublished lectures by Gardiner himself.
Techniques and methodologies of literary education are traditionally believed to offer students the keys with which to unlock the secrets of texts and foster their appreciation. Literature and Pedagogy offers a new perspective, showing teachers and students of both education and literature how literary works present their own methods for reflecting critically upon how and why we learn, read and teach.
Anthony Cordingley is is Robinson Fellow at the University of 宅男导航, on secondment from the Universit茅 Paris 8, France, where he is Associate Professor in English and Translation. He teaches across modernist literature, comparative literature, translation studies, and his work has appeared in journals such as Comparative Literature, Modern Philology, PMLA, Twentieth-Century Literature and Translation Studies.
Part I Bruce Gardiner en acte Part II Imagined Pedagogies: Poetry and Play Part III Bruce Gardiner, Original Teachings Part IV The Poetics of Pedagogy 22 The Last Man: Literature and Survival by Peter J. Hutchings
鈥淏ruce Gardiner is a giant of Australian letters, and an extraordinary teacher. His lectures in the John Woolley Building at the University of 宅男导航 were bracing, revelatory - an encounter with the intellectual sublime. I鈥檓 delighted to see this book emerge honouring Dr Gardiner鈥檚 legacy - few other 宅男导航-based scholars have had such a profound influence on so many.鈥� 鈥� Luke Harley, 宅男导航 Grammar School 鈥淭his volume is an audacious tribute to a singular mind. Literature & Pedagogy has been crafted with the same care, discipline and creativity as the figure that inspired it. It brims with everything that characterises Bruce Gardiner鈥檚 legacy: experimental reading, radical pedagogy, and the sheer pleasure of the text. Across four parts, the book鈥檚 chapters unfurl Gardiner鈥檚 teaching ethic and style, his risk-taking approach to reading, and the innovative new criticism he has, in some form, helped to inspire. The impressive range of contributors assembled in this book span the breadth of Australian letters, testament to Gardiner鈥檚 impact as a scholar, teacher and colleague. As one of his former students, I know there are few he encountered that he did not transform.鈥� 鈥� Eda Gunaydin, University of Wollongong 鈥淭his moving collection does Bruce Gardiner the honour not of imitation 鈥� after all, as we read throughout, he is inimitable 鈥� but of striving to emulate the radiance of his thought, pedagogy, and collegiality. It is joyful, generative, and extravagantly eclectic, each chapter a singular reflection of the galactic twinkle in the Gardinerian eye.鈥� 鈥� Robert Payne, The American University of Paris 鈥淎s a student, Bruce Gardiner was the most brilliant literature teacher I ever had. Every tutorial, a masterful performance! Gardiner offers textual analysis and readings in all their richness and specificity. His work is exquisitely detailed and revealing.鈥� 鈥� Dr Kate Pearcy, Programmer and Partnerships Lead, ABC Radio National 鈥淭his touching tribute collection provides invaluable insight into the pedagogy and scholarship of a beloved teacher who has left an indelible imprint on the literary critical scene in 宅男导航, Australia and beyond. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the history of literary criticism in Australia.鈥� 鈥� Pheng Cheah, University of California at Berkeley
Size: 254 x 178 mm
Pages: 342
ISBN: 9781761540011
Publication: 01 Apr 2025