ALICE, HERE AND NOW: CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING
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Introducing contemporary literature into university teaching is a challenge in terms of the methodological approach, although it seems that employing current narratives which might, in one way or the other, resonate with readers as historically or culturally referential, correlates with both some other teaching contents as well as students’ personal and generational priorities. Contemporary literary texts lack critical reception and theoretical evaluation which might help the teacher determine their relevance, but, on the other hand, encouraging students to search for an interpretational key within their personal experience and generational choices is worth the effort. The analysis of the novel Catch the Rabbit by Lana Bastašić indicates the potential of introducing a work of contemporary literature into the curriculum.
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