INNOVATING THE TEACHING OF ESSAY GENRE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO THE 2018 LITERATURE CURRICULUM

Abstract

In the 2018 Literature Curriculum, literary works belonging to the essay genre are taught at both school levels: middle school and high school. The essay genre includes various genres/sub-genres, which are incorporated into textbooks at different levels as follows: travel essays (grade 6); personal essays, prose pieces, narrative essays (grades 7 and 11); reportage, memoirs, diaries (grade 12). Related concepts are frequently mentioned, such as narrative essays, lyrical essays, lyrical quality, fiction and non-fiction, authorial voice, etc. This article delves into the characteristics of the 2018 Literature Curriculum in general, and the essay genre teaching program in particular, examining the teaching of essays in schools, identifying principles, and suggesting directions for innovating and improving the quality of teaching essay works included in the 2018 Literature Curriculum.

Keywords

• essay eenre
• 2018 literature curriculum
• teaching essay genre
• high schools