Teaching Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Chapter 1, Approaching Abjection Kristeva begins her book by explaining what the abject is and relating and describing her own personal experience with it. This lesson will explore Kristeva's idea of what the abject is and how she explains it to the reader.

1) 1) Class discussion: How does Kristeva go about explaining what the abject is? Is it clear what she means at first when she...
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