Students’ Satisfaction on the Integration of Chick Lit Novels into Classroom Instruction

Abstract

        The research was an action research with a purpose to integrate literary analysis of women’s identities and values constructed in modern society in Chick Lit novels to classroom instruction. Literary theories and gender studies were highlighted and students’ analytical skills were enhanced. Chick Lit novels were selected to conduct a textual analysis of the female characters, and feminist approach was utilized as a primary conceptual framework. The participants were 70 third-year English major students of Thaksin University. The research data was collected by students’ satisfaction survey divided into three major satisfaction areas related with literary theory and gender knowledge; analytical skills; and realizing women’s true identities and values. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation.

       The research finding indicated overview of students’ satisfaction to the integration of literary analysis with classroom instruction had high level (mean = 4.19). Students’ satisfaction gave high levels those entire three major satisfaction areas (means= 4.29, 4.24 and 4.04, respectively).