Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom: A Practical Guide That Uses Bloom's Taxonomy to Enhance Learning

Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage methodology for teaching literature in language curriculum that repurposes Bloom's original and revised taxonomy to promote the language acquisition process and spark other types of learning.  

The first step of text selection, preparation, and initiation asks students to:recognizefamiliar words, structures, and concepts;contextualizethe reading; andrememberthe main details of the text. The second stage of beginning literary analysis gets target-language learners todescribe,identify, andunderstandthe basic elements of plot, character, setting, and narration. The third phase of intermediate literary analysis prompts students tointerpret,analyze, andexaminemajor themes, key passages, and the overall commentary. The fourth step of advanced literary analysis teaches students tosynthesizemultiple and conflicting interpretations,compareassigned texts across units or themes, andevaluateworks through essay writing. The fifth stage of reflective and creative engagement challenges students torelatethe assigned texts to themselves through personal and intercultural reflection,createnew artistic works, andproduceunique texts in the target language. The concluding chapter showcases all five stages of the methodology by applying them to a sample text, thereby inviting world language educators to assess the potential usefulness of Comfort and Scharf's approach to their own language courses.  

This is an ideal resource for world language educators teaching literature as well as undergraduate and graduate education students focusing on target-language literature instruction and its role in the language acquisition process.

Kelly Comfort holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, Davis. She is a professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Abigail Scharf has completed her B.A. in Spanish and psychology from the University of Miami and her M.S. in applied languages and intercultural studies from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a J.D. at The George Washington University Law School.

ISBN: 9781032941905
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 07, 2025