Download or read book Literature, Metaphor and the Foreign Language Learner written by Jonathan Picken and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory in reader-response and stylistics traditions supports L2 work with literature as it is valued by students and helps develop communicative and critical language skills. The author uses insights from empirical research to evaluate current teaching practices against this background, highlighting readers' responses to metaphor as a test case.