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Gee, James Paul – Journal of Education, 1989
Uses the "line and stanza" method to analyze and compare texts representing different cultural backgrounds and ages. Proposes that the textual characteristics identified by the Formalists as the measure of literature are actually the hallmarks of a cross-cultural human capacity for making deep sense of experience. (FMW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies