International Journal of Education

This study builds upon two decades of teaching practice in the postgraduate elective course “Modern and Contemporary Literatures of English-Speaking Countries” for English majors. Taking the instructional approach to V.S. Naipaul’s short story collection Miguel Street, “B. Wordsworth” in particular, as a case study, it addresses the growing demand for cultivating academic competencies in graduate education in the new era. Focusing on classroom teaching strategies and their effectiveness, the paper explores how to implement research-oriented pedagogy effectively in foreign literature courses. The discussion centers on three key aspects: problem-based approaches to literary interpretation, theoretical perspectives in textual analysis, and the in-class cultivation of scholarly literacy, offering insights into curriculum reform in the new era.

Literatures of English-speaking countries; Research-oriented teaching; V.S. Naipaul; Miguel Street; “B. Wordsworth”