Eliciting Empathy Through the Study of Literature in the World Language Classroom

• Julie A. Sellers ^[1]
  1. [1] Benedictine College

     Benedictine College

     City of Atchison, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Hispania, ISSN 0018-2133, Vol. 104, Nº 3, 2021, págs. 363-367
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2021.0090
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has brought questions of empathy in the modern world to the forefront of daily life. Although a natural human response, empathy can be cultivated and even taught. Recent research on the links between reading and empathy present possibilities for world language educators to integrate the purposeful study of literature with the goal of empathy awareness and cultivation in mind. This article details the design of a project-based learning unit on empathy in a post-secondary Latin American literature course during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author studied the impact of this approach by gaining a deeper understanding of learners’ experiences through observation and learners’ reflections and projects. The findings showed that learners articulated the ways texts elicit empathy, their own empathetic reactions, and made connections to the historical moment they were living.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Alda, Alan. (2020). "Alan Alda on the Importance of Empathy During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Weekend Edition Sunday, Transcript of interview...
  • Babaee, Ruzbeh, and Wan Roselezam Bt Wan Yahya. (2014). "Significance of Literature in Foreign Language Teaching." International Education...
  • Cutshall, Sandy. (2012). "More than a Decade of Standards: Integrating "Communication" in Your Language Instruction?' The...
  • Goldman, Corrie (2012). "This is Your Brain on Jane Austen, and Stanford Researchers Are Taking Notes." Stanford University. 7 Sept....
  • Guillory, Jasmine. (2020). "For Greater Empathy, Read Black Fiction?" TIME Magazine, vol. 196, no. 3-4, pp. 93-95.
  • Hall, Judith, and Mark Leary. (2020). "The US Has an Empathy Deficit: Here's What We Ca Do About It?" Scientific American, 17...
  • Haslam, Nick. (2017). "Do Art and Literature Cultivate Empathy?" The Conversation, 9 Jan. https:// theconversation.com/do-art-and-literature-cultivate-empathy-68478.
  • Khazan, Olga. (2020). "A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths: It Has Deep Roots:' The Atlantic. 22 Sept. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/covid-death-toll-us-empathy-elderly/616379/.
  • Kidd, David Corner, and Emanuele Castano. (2013). "Reading Literary Fiction Improves Theory of Mind?' Science, vol. 342, no. 6156,...
  • Leverage, Paula, et al. (2011). Theory of Mind and Literature. Purdue UP.
  • Martingano, Alison Jan. (2020). "How to Remain Empathic During a Pandemic." Psychology Today. 16 August. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-do-you-mean/202008/how-remain-empathic-during-pandemic....
  • Sell, Jonathan P. A. (2005). "Why Teach Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom?" Encuentro: Revista de investigación e innovación...
  • Thompson, Helen, and Shankar Vedantam. (2012). "A Lively Mind: Your Brain on Jane Austen." NPR. 9 Oct. www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/09/162401053/a-lively-mind-your-brain-on-jane-austen.
  • VanPatten, Bill. (2017). While We're on the Topic: BVP on Language, Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. ACTFL.
  • Wolf, Maryanne. (2018). Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World. Harper.
  • Zaki, Jamil, et al. (2021). "Empathy Can Be Found, Even in Divided Times." Washington Post, The, 2 Jan.