TEACHING LITERATURE THROUGH POETRY: A SHIFTING READING ORIENTATION FROM EFFERENT TO AESTHETIC

Abstract

There is a paradigm shifting in teaching literature from transmission to
transactional. However, most of Indonesian English teachers in teaching
literature still apply transmission approach which shows they are not ready
yet for the changing. This article attempts to show the shift of paradigm in
reading orientations and its implications in teaching literature through poetry
by describing the writer’s experience in learning literature through poetry.
Discussing six important points, this essay is purposed to give alternative
teaching-learning literature which would provide good points for students as
well as teachers.

Keywords: paradigm shift, reading orientation, teaching literature, poetry,
efferent, aesthetic