The Pedagogical Imagination The Republican Legacy in Twenty-First-Century French Literature and Film |
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| Author:
| Sachs, Leon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4505-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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French school debates of recent years have generated a spate of internationally successful literature and film on the topic of education. In this study of French education and republicanism Leon Sachs shifts our attention from "what" literature and film say about education to "how" they say it. He argues that the most important literary and filmic treatments of French education do more than merely depict the present-day school crisis. They explore questions of education through...
More DescriptionFrench school debates of recent years have generated a spate of internationally successful literature and film on the topic of education. In this study of French education and republicanism Leon Sachs shifts our attention from "what" literature and film say about education to "how" they say it. He argues that the most important literary and filmic treatments of French education do more than merely depict the present-day school crisis. They explore questions of education through experiments with form.