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THE DIMENSIONS OF DE MAUPASSANT: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF LITERATURE HOWARD WAINER The University of Chicago WILLIAM BERG University of Wisconsin Determining with accuracy and precision the dimensions a reader perceives in a work of literature—and whether those dimensions are completely personal or common to other readers—is of great interest to the literary critic, the publisher, and, of course, the teacher: To the critic because such dimensions (form, content, plot, tone, thought, images, etc.) would reveal much about the work of art, to the publisher because they would reveal much about the book market, and to the teacher because they would reveal a great deal about the student himself. The nature and number of dimensions or levels of meaning the student perceives in a given work, the variations which exist from one author to another, the definition of a norm of perception for a given group of students, and the distinctions from one group to another (based, for example, on background, age, sex, region, etc.)—all these are certainly important considerations for the teacher. It is, in fact, upon these considerations that the teacher bases his choice of works (syllabus), his approach to literature (the dimensions he
American Educational Research Journal – SAGE
Published: Jun 23, 2016
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