Editorial: Literature and Philosophy in Schools

Why study literature in schools? What special benefits come with an education in literature? What might students be missing if they bypass literature? These, surely, are hard questions. Will students who lack experience of literature lack imagination? Or human sympathies? Or moral development? Or cu...

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Main Authors: Alan Tapper, Raymond Driehuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Birmingham Library Services 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Philosophy in Schools
Online Access:https://account.jps.bham.ac.uk/index.php/up-j-jps/article/view/234
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Summary:Why study literature in schools? What special benefits come with an education in literature? What might students be missing if they bypass literature? These, surely, are hard questions. Will students who lack experience of literature lack imagination? Or human sympathies? Or moral development? Or cultural and historical awareness? Scratch the surface, and the questions about the value of literature as a school subject unfold rather rapidly, and dauntingly.
ISSN:2204-2482