Is 'Questioning the Author' older than we think?

Francis Matisi, a teacher at Saint Mark's School in Dingley, was teaching at a Catholic primary school in Brunswick around 2002, just as The Lord of the Rings movies were about to be released. The majority of her students—about 95%—came from an English as an Additional Language (EAL) background. Wanting to engage her students with literature, she decided to share The Hobbit with them. Challenges…