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Birth, Death, and Transformation: Ritual as Inquiry in the Classroom
- Pedagogy
- Duke University Press
- Volume 14, Issue 2, Spring 2014
- pp. 317-341
- Article
- Additional Information
This article examines the value and usage of ritual as a pedagogical tool in the literature-based composition classroom. Grounded in the interdisciplinarity of ritual studies, the author describes a ritual method that facilitates reflective writing, critical reading, student engagement, and creative performance as interpretive acts.