%0 Journal Article
%T Will students gain knowledge of the world by reading fiction?
%A Todd Jones
%J Theory and Research in Education
%@ 1741-3192
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1477878519832675
%X Teachers of literature often have students read works of fiction to learn important truths about the world. But, it is not clear how looking at a work of fiction can tell us about the actual world. This article examines whether and how this can be done
%K Fiction
%K justification
%K knowledge
%K learning
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1477878519832675