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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ716890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan-1
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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Teaching Wide Sargasso Sea in New Jersey
Jolley, Susan Arpajian
English Journal, v94 n3 p61 Jan 2005
High school teacher Susan Arpajian Jolley emphasizes experience and understanding by using the related novels "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Jane Eyre" to help her students travel into unfamiliar cultural territory. "Wide Sargasso Sea" relates to Caribbean history and culture, feminism, race relations, colonialism, and personal identity.
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Novels, Racial Relations, Secondary School Teachers, Experience, Feminism, Foreign Policy, Ethnicity
National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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