Teaching Literature at a Distance

Takis Kayalis is Associate Professor of Modern Greek Literature at the University of Ioannina, Greece. Anastasia Natsina is Associate Lecturer of Modern Greek Literature at The Hellenic Open University, Greece.

‘This volume recommends itself as a primer in blended or distance learning delivery of courses in literature... it will serve well those who are already most disposed to learn from teachers in open and distance learning.'

• 1. Introduction; PART ONE - Paradigms of ODL Literary Studies; 2. Some tendencies in ODL Literature Teaching and their Stakes: A comparative survey of nine European ODL literary programs - Anastasia Natsina (The Hellenic Open University, Greece); 3. Masters-level Study in Literature at the Open University: Pedagogic Challenges and Solutions - Bob Owens (The Open University: UK); 4. The UOC Experience: Teaching Literature in a Virtual Campus, 1998-2005 - Laura Borras Castanyer & Joan Elies Adell (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain); 5. 'World Literature' and the Isolation of ODL Literary Studies - Takis Kayalis (The Hellenic Open University); PART TWO - Literary Theory and Literary Canons; 6. Literary Theory in Distance Learning - Martin Huber (University of Hagen, Germany); 7. The Resistance to Teaching - George Varsos (The University of Athens, Greece); 8. Tradition, Discipline, Literary Theory - Dimitrios Kargiotis (Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, France); 9. From Virtuality to Actuality: Representations and Enactments of Critical Theory on the World Wide Web - Anastasia Natsina & Takis Kayalis (The Hellenic Open University, Greece); 10. Decolonising the Distance Curriculum - Dennis Walder (The Open University, UK); PART THREE - Pedagogical Challenges; 11. Literature Pedagogy for Distance Education: A Socio-Cultural Approach - Ellie Chambers (The Open University, UK); 12. B-Learning for Literary Studies in the European Space of Higher Education - Amelia Sanz Cabrerizo & Asuncion Lopez-Varela (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain); 13. Teaching Literature Online to Arab Students: Using Technology to Overcome Cultural Restrictions - Ayesha Heble (International House, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand); PART FOUR - On Hypertext and Digital Literature; 14. Studying Philology Today: A Poetics of Composition and Re-composition - Laura Borras Castanyer (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain); 15. Digital Rib: Changing Behaviour and Hypertext Literature - Joseph Pivato (Athabasca University, Canada); 16. Cybertext Challenge: Teaching Literature in the Digital World - Raine Koskimaa (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland) Index.