Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ429248
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-1383
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History and Literature: A Trial Separation.
Westfall, William
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v15 n2 p66-71 Fall 1990
Hypothesizes about the relationship between history and fiction. Discusses the contribution of history to understanding human affairs, stressing that history is true and fiction is not. Asserts that each generation uses the same materials to construct a new reality. States fiction gives only a partial view whereas history sees the world as whole. (NL)
Descriptors: Fiction, Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Literature, Perspective Taking, Time Perspective
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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