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Maleska, Kalina – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This essay explores the theme of the double in Umberto Eco's "The Island of the Day Before," Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and Zivko Chingo's "The Big Water." While traditionally the double is connected with the evil alter-ego of the protagonist, what brings these three works together (by an Italian, English and…
Descriptors: Novels, Literary Genres, Literary Devices, Twentieth Century Literature
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McBride, Paul – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1988
Discusses the use of ethnic literature in the classroom. States that ethnic novelists provide insight into the conditions of their people that the historian would find difficult to document and discuss. Provides a list of books on the following ethnic groups: Afro-Americans, Jews, Norwegians, Italians, Slavs, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, and Irish.…
Descriptors: Black Literature, Chinese Americans, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Studies