Faceless? – Über Gesichtstransplantate im Englischunterricht sprechen
Staging one’s body plays a central role in contemporary society, especially among teenagers. The disfiguration of the face questions one’s self-image and often leads to social exclusion and (self-chosen) isolation. Alyssa Sheinmel’s young adult novel Faceless describes the long journey of Maisie, a teenage girl whose face is severely injured in an accident. This article discusses the use of the novel with (university) students of English as a foreign language and illustrates, in an exemplary fashion, the potential of contemporary young adult literature for dealing with critical topics. The paper concludes by presenting the results of a qualitative study, which shows that reading journals not only serve to document one’s own reading and understanding in the action- and product-oriented literature classroom but also stimulate self-reflection when engaging with taboo(ed) issues.
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.37307/j.1866-5381.2023.01.06 |
Lizenz: | ESV-Lizenz |
ISSN: | 1866-5381 |
Ausgabe / Jahr: | 1 / 2023 |
Veröffentlicht: | 2023-05-26 |