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 in | Early American literature Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 86 - 96 |
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
22.12.1998
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| Abstract | 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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| AbstractList | Cowell says that listening to international students has enriched her experience of teaching and reading early American literature. Issues of cultural location in these works are inescapable subject matter. 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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