Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich

by James Richard Giles

This volume seeks to enrich teachers' and students' understanding of the fictional world Louise Erdrich creates and to address the challenges of teaching her novels and poetry. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873529154
• ISBN13: 9780873529150
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Helpful Insights to Erdrich's Work

This book is especially useful for someone who may not be able to identify all of the illusions to Native American culture in Erdrich's work. It also provides helpful summaries of her main works with a list of themes and questions to discuss as well as a family tree that comes in handy for anyone having a problem keeping all of Erdrich's characters straight. For teachers planning on using any of Erdrich's books or any Native American literature in their classroom, there is also a long list of suggested background reading that serves as an introduction to Native American culture.