Approaches to teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish mystics.

9781603290234

Approaches to teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish mystics.

Ed. by Alison Weber.

Modern Language Association

2009

297 pages

$19.75

Paperback

Approaches to teaching world literature

PQ6437

Instructors of Spanish literature and culture, religion, and art suggest to colleagues some aids and approaches to teaching Teresa (1515-82) and such contemporaries as John of the Cross and Luis de Leon to students whose religious sensibilities are very different from those they are studying. The materials include editions, instructor's manuals, and aids such as music and illustrated books. Among the approaches discussed are whether Teresa was a feminist, the historical context of defiance and obedience, the influence of Teresa's model on New World women, teaching Teresa as a theologian, teaching imagery and allegory in The Interior Castle, and mysticism and early modern musical-cosmological paradigms.

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