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ERIC Number: EJ643382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
Reading Historically in a Historically Illiterate Culture.
Schultz, Daniel F.; Felter, Maryanne
College Teaching, v49 n4 p142-47 Fall 2001
Discusses how parallel reading of literary and historical texts from the same period offers insight into both. Experience in classes using this technique indicates that students learn history more easily when it is connected to and personalized by literature, and that they read literature in a more profound way when they know its historical context. Includes a class syllabus. (EV)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Historical Interpretation, History, Literature, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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