La Maestría en Lengua Inglesa invita a la conferencia “The Pleasure of Teaching Poetry for Young (and Not So Young) Learners” que tendrá lugar el 29 de septiembre a las 18:30 h a través de la plataforma Zoom.

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Disertante: Guillermina Perera de Saravia

Biodata

Guillermina Perera de Saravia is a graduate from Instituto Superior del Profesorado en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández” in Buenos Aires, and holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Anglophone Literatures from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. She is the Head Teacher of both Children’s and Young Adult Literature Chairs in the Teachers’ Training Programme at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, and co-directs and is a member of the staff of the MA Programme in Contemporary Anglophone Literatures from that university. As a researcher, she has co-directed and participated in several SECTyP projects in the last decades. She has taught Literature at bilingual schools both in Buenos Aires and Mendoza.

Abstract 

Poetry is probably the literary genre less taught among Primary and Secondary teachers since it is considered to be difficult, obscure, indecipherable, no matter what age group students may belong to. However, some of the contemporary poetry specifically written for children and young adults can result in a rewarding experience that counteracts this prejudice. This talk is, therefore, an invitation to enjoy the aesthetic qualities of Children’s and YA poetry, to revel in the depth of its themes, and to suggest didactic resources that may turn the teaching of this genre into a more pleasant and reachable activity.