A Journey to Ancient Sumer: The Reconstruction of the Past in Jennifer J. Garrity’s Historical Children’s Novel Secret of the Scribe

This paper argues that Jennifer J. Garrity’s historical children’s novel Secret of the Scribe (2008) with its fictional stereotyping of Ancient Sumer and its polytheistic religion undercuts the possibility of the novel to critically engage its child readers with Sumerian history and culture. By sele...

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Main Author: Esra ÇOKER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2018-10-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/4978