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A 4 page review of the contentions presented by this author in “Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum” regarding the curriculum value of fiction. This paper contends that Doll is correct in identifying fiction as a conduit to student understanding of historical circumstances and relationships. Analyzes this contention using primarily the writings of feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Concludes that while a student might recoil if only given historical detail as it is presented in the common curriculum, when provided these same messages in a fictional format they are able to forge a connection between history and reality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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File: AM2_PPedCurr.rtf
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Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum" is a call for a reform in the way we present educational curriculum. Doll investigates the way that works of fiction (including
prose, drama, poetry, myth, and fairytale) provide insight to educational theory and practice. She contends that, far from being a mere entertainment diversion as many educational theorists have contended
for years, fiction can serve as an extremely effective curriculum. Fiction can serve as an educational tool in a wide spectrum of the educational arena, in fact. Relying
at times on feminist analysis, Doll contends that fiction is an extremely effective form of "currere", curriculum which relies on life experiences to drive home a point. Dolls point
is indeed much needed in the educational environment of today. Dolls approach is not simply preaching to the choir, she reaches
into some of the most moving fictional works all time to illuminate for her readers the instructional value of that work. In her analysis of the work of Charlotte
Perkins Gilman and other "feminist" authors of the latter part of the nineteenth century is particularly enlightening as to the instructional value of such works. On further consideration, in
fact, the role of these authors in revealing the relationship between men and women would be of particular interest. Gilman and numerous other authors provide a fascinating glimpse into
gender roles and the changes which are occurring in regard to a womans role in society in the late 1800s. As is noted
by Doll, such works of fiction as those noted above can be of tremendous use in the classroom in allowing a student to form almost a first-person relationship with the
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