{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-durass-ourika-mary-ellen-birkett-9781603290197","title":"Approaches to Teaching Duras's Ourika","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first published, in 1823, Claire de Duras's novel \u003ci\u003eOurika\u003c\/i\u003e became a best seller almost immediately, and in recent decades, instructors have found it an irresistible addition to their syllabi. But from a teacher's perspective the novel presents something of a paradox. It is short, its narrative structure is uncomplicated, its vocabulary is limited, its plot is straightforward. It thus lends itself to \"simple\" readings that fail to reveal the novel's rich fund of social and historical themes. Set against the backdrop of the French and Haitian revolutions, the Terror, and the restoration and featuring the first black woman narrator in French literature, \u003ci\u003eOurika\u003c\/i\u003e raises issues of identity, inequality, exclusion, power, and race and gender relations. The goal of this Approaches volume is to help teachers bring out the novel's profound and complex underpinnings and reveal Ourika, its Senegalese protagonist, as a victim of history and a timeless tragic heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 provides an overview of editions of the novel and secondary resources, including critical, historical, and biographical studies. Also featured is a useful time line situating Duras's life in its historical framework. Part 2 offers a wealth of pedagogical approaches, grouped in four sections, which focus on the historical context of the novel; on race, gender, and class issues; on teaching \u003ci\u003eOurika\u003c\/i\u003e with other works of literature; and on interdisciplinary perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the volume, the editions of \u003ci\u003eOurika\u003c\/i\u003e referred to are the MLA Texts and Translations paperback editions, in French and in English translation, published in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Ellen Birkett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603290192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603290197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 272","brand":"Mary Ellen Birkett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058610467071,"sku":"9781603290197","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2654ce6a-d58c-4310-b07e-add1fc506a10.jpg?v=1685053541","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-durass-ourika-mary-ellen-birkett-9781603290197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}