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- ISSN: 0007-8204
- E-ISSN: 1943-2216
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Reading Gatsby/Performing Jazz: On Narrative Voice, Race, and Resistance
- Source: English Education, Volume 31, Issue 1, Oct 1998, p. 48 - 59
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- 01 Oct 1998
Abstract
Describes an experiment in pairing the novels "The Great Gatsby" (F. Scott Fitzgerald) and "Jazz" (Toni Morrison) in a teacher preparation class. Relates that the students (all European American) initially resisted "Jazz" and accepted "Gatsby" as a timeless classic. Includes responses about another Toni Morrison novel, "Beloved."
© 1998 by the National Council of Teachers of English