John Dewey’s Pragmatic Conceptions upon American Progressive Education and Ralph Waldo Emerson`s Transcendentalist Conceptions on American Literary Theory (A Comparative Approach)

This paper represents a comparative approach from the pragmatic and transcendentalist perspectives upon the American Progressive Education, respectively American Literary Theory, illustrated in John Dewey’s and Ralph Aldo Emerson`s writings, starting with the concept of...

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Main Author: Lucian Radu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2021-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:https://webbut.unitbv.ro/index.php/Series_VII/article/view/878/796
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Summary:This paper represents a comparative approach from the pragmatic and transcendentalist perspectives upon the American Progressive Education, respectively American Literary Theory, illustrated in John Dewey’s and Ralph Aldo Emerson`s writings, starting with the concept of experience, child - as the central part of both conceptions, continuing with individuality, rejection of the past, emphasising the importance of action, activity, culture and language in both cases.
ISSN:2066-7701
2971-9410