The Novel as Social History: A Reflection on Methodology.

Payne, Harry C.

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Novel as Social History: A Reflection on Methodology

Payne, Harry C.

History Teacher, 11, 3, 341-51, May 78

Discusses the use of novels in studying social history. Proposes that the contents of novels be accepted not as a set of answers about a society, but as a set of questions, plausible hypotheses as to how the historian might organize his evidence. (Author/JK)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Fiction, Higher Education, History Instruction, Hypothesis Testing, Modern History, Novels, Research Methodology, Social History, Teaching Methods

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