Less false stories: teaching comparative early American literatures

Cultural identity influences literary understanding. The questions students and teachers ask of a text are those they ask of themselves, and open discussion by creating a common ground for conversation and disagreement. Classes that contrast cultural identities produce questions about the nature of...

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Published inEarly American literature Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 86 - 96
Main Author Cowell, Pattie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 22.12.1998
The University of North Carolina Press
Subjects
American literature
Comparative literature
Cultural instruction
Literary criticism
Literature, Comparative
Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012)
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Study and teaching
Teaching
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Summary:Cultural identity influences literary understanding. The questions students and teachers ask of a text are those they ask of themselves, and open discussion by creating a common ground for conversation and disagreement. Classes that contrast cultural identities produce questions about the nature of literature and the culture that produced it. Rather than the single term a course title suggests, early America offers many literatures.
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ISSN:0012-8163
1534-147X