@article{oai:meilib.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000745,
 author = {Bishop, Katherine},
 journal = {比較文化, Comparative culture, the journal of Miyazaki International College},
 month = {},
 note = {Letters are underutilized but exceedingly valuable resources for any class but are particularly key for literature courses: they reveal important historical details, emphasize character, tone, and setting, as well as often embodying the practice of close reading. Literature composed of letters is known as epistolary literature. In this short essay, a love letter to the form, I briefly explain what epistolary literature is, why it is important, and how I use it within the active learning framework at Miyazaki International College (MIC) to support a range of learners. To that end, in this brief essay I focus on an epistle-centric course I developed for MIC under the heading of “Topics in American Literature.” Throughout this essay, I will limn some (but not all) of the readings my students and I found particularly effective, discuss some of the contextualizations we employed, and describe assignments and approaches that have been especially successful. I conclude with the course’s reading list.},
 pages = {20--27},
 title = {Focus on “Topics in American Literature”: A Love Letter to Teaching Epistolary Texts},
 volume = {23},
 year = {2018}
}