Date:
Location:
Led by:
--Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies
--Thomas Wisniewski, Bok Pedagogy Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Lecturer on Comparative Literature
Are you interested in creative ways of engaging with texts in the Harvard classroom? In this session you will get a taste of the Pre-Texts method, and think about how to use it. With the single prompt: “Use this text to make art,” human capacities fire up and connect with one another. This innovative methodology dispels students’ fear of “difficult” texts because readers become users of the material. Classic literature or scientific documents turn into raw material for personal interpretations.
Details:
3 sessions (in sequence)
Wednesday 4 March, Thursday 5 March, and Friday 6 March, 3–6pm
ORGANIZER: The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
WEBSITE: https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/event/pre-texts-spring-2020