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ERIC Number: EJ408293
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Image, Imagination, and Initiation: Teaching as a Rite of Passage in the Novels of L. M. Montgomery and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Gates, Charlene E.
Children's Literature in Education, v20 n3 p165-73 Sep 1989
Examines the role of the schoolteacher in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" and Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House in the Big Woods." Describes how becoming a teacher was a rite of passage for both main characters. Asserts that these autobiographically-based, nondidactic stories are useful teaching instruments for young people. (MM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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