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ERIC Number: EJ559435
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Teaching Demetria Martinez'"MotherTongue."
Mossman, Robert C.
English Journal, v86 n8 p38-41 Dec 1997
Explores a powerful, complex novel full of extraordinary prose and very appealing to students: "MotherTongue" by Demetria Martinez. Describes several intriguing avenues the work offers for teaching both stylistically and thematically: politics, use of multiple genres, point of view, and prose. (SR)
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, English Instruction, Literary Devices, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Politics, Secondary Education, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme Issue: New Voices: The Canon of the Future.