'As if …': Textuality and the Question of the Centre of English

Autor/in	Howie, Mark
Titel	'As if …': Textuality and the Question of the Centre of English
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 56 (2021) 1, S.16-25 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English Curriculum; English Instruction; Poetry; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Lyrik; Poesie; Australien
Abstract	My thoughts on the question of 'Textuality as the Centre of English' were presented at a Roundtable session at the 2020 International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE) Conference. Through critical discourse analysis of media and curriculum texts, I highlight how the 'being' of the English subjects is always and already textual in nature. From here, I make a necessary gesture to attendant questions of syllabus requirements and specifications. With a review of the NSW curriculum underway, I suggest that the question of the place of poetry brings onto-ethical considerations to dialogue about HSC English text requirements. Understanding HSC English as being in 'an immunocompromised state' (in the Derridean sense), I propose that poetry is the 'first idea' in considerations of English as textuality. I conclude with a wish that poetry be given restored emphasis in the NSW curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01