Abstract
This article reflects on the findings for English Literature of an AHRC-funded project, The First World War in the Classroom: Teaching and the Construction of Cultural Memory", and the role of English teaching in students' understanding of the war and its history. It questions particularly the oft-repeated assumption that English teachers are responsible for 'mis-teaching' the First World War by considering subject remit and the nature of war writing as literature rather than as historical documents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-24 |
Journal | The Use of English |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- teaching
- First World War
- World War 1
- war poetry
- war literature