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Book Synopsis This book explores the possibilities of intercultural training through literature, especially as related to collegiate study abroad programs. It presents a behavioral analysis of American literary characters through the lens of Milton Bennett''s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, which identifies sensitivity to cultural differences within a six-stage developmental continuum.
The literary characters studied in this work all undergo an early separation which forces them to experience and relate to different worldviews. Moby Dick''s Ishmael leaves land for an epic whaling adventure. Hester is forced to live on the outskirts of town in The Scarlet Letter. The nameless protagonist of The Country of the Pointed Firs leaves the city for the country. The title character of The American emigrates to Europe. Ellison''s narrator in Invisible Man experiences a series of separations, starting at his college acceptance. For Whom th
