Detective Fiction in the English Classroom: Agatha Christie’s Death in the Clouds, a Didactic Approach
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2023-01
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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Este trabajo final de Máster tiene como principal objetivo integrar la literatura detectivesca en la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa. Para obtener este resultado, se va a usar la adaptación literaria de Death in the Clouds de Agatha Christie. La primera parte de este trabajo ofrece una revisión de la literatura detectivesca a través de los siglos XIX y XX, señalando algunos de los autores más
importantes de la época y destacando sobre todo la figura literaria de Agatha Christie. Además, la primera parte también enumera los beneficios de hacer uso de la literatura detectivesca para jóvenes lectores y estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera. Asimismo, señala las múltiples
ventajas de usar la literatura en la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa. La segunda parte está destinada a la propuesta de unidad didáctica basada en la novela de Agatha Christie y caracterizada por una metodología ecléctica.
The main aim of this Master's Thesis is to integrate detective fiction into English language teaching. To achieve this, the literary adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death in the Clouds will be employed. The first part of this paper offers a review of detective fiction through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting some of the most important authors of the period and emphasising above all the literary figure of Agatha Christie. In addition, the first part also lists the benefits of applying detective literature for young readers and students of English as a foreign language, as well as referring to the multiple advantages of using literature in English teaching. The second part is devoted to the proposal of didactic unit based on Agatha Christie's novel and characterised by an eclectic methodology.
The main aim of this Master's Thesis is to integrate detective fiction into English language teaching. To achieve this, the literary adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death in the Clouds will be employed. The first part of this paper offers a review of detective fiction through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting some of the most important authors of the period and emphasising above all the literary figure of Agatha Christie. In addition, the first part also lists the benefits of applying detective literature for young readers and students of English as a foreign language, as well as referring to the multiple advantages of using literature in English teaching. The second part is devoted to the proposal of didactic unit based on Agatha Christie's novel and characterised by an eclectic methodology.
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