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Peer reviewedTyler, Lisa – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Discusses Margaret Atwood's "provocative and funny" short story "Rape Fantasies," and describes how, when teaching this story the author encourages students to sympathize with Estelle (the narrator) before they judge her (instead of rushing to achieve closure and begin interpretation). (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Rape
