Teaching Fiction Otherwise: Decolonial Pedagogy, Ecofeminism, and Critical Visual Imagination in Indonesia

This book offers a transformative approach to teaching fiction in literature classrooms. Challenging the dominance of Western literary canons and the myth of pedagogical neutrality, this book repositions fiction as a critical, ethical, and imaginative space for learning. Grounded in decolonial pedagogy, ecofeminism, and critical visual literacy, the textbook invites readers to engage with stories that foreground gender justice, ecological awareness, and marginalized voices from Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Fiction is presented not merely as a language-learning tool, but as a powerful medium for cultivating empathy, questioning inequality, and responding to social and environmental crises. Combining theory with classroom praxis, Teaching Fiction Otherwise introduces creative and participatory methodologies such as zine-making, body mapping, visual storytelling, drama, and student-generated counter-narratives. Designed for undergraduate students, pre-service and in-service teachers, and language educators, this book is an invitation to teach fiction with care, creativity, and critical purpose—and to imagine literary classrooms as spaces of justice, dialogue, and transformation.