Provides a semester syllabus for a course in twentieth-century world literature and suggests selections to add to a world literature survey based on works of Nobel Prize winners. Includes an annotated bibliography of background information on both the literature and the philosophies of the twentieth century. (MKM)

Discusses suggestions for implementing a foreign travel study course for literature classes. Includes a two-week itinerary and a syllabus. (HTH)

Describes a course in which students are taught the literary devices of such long fantasy narratives as "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. (RB)

Reports the daily activities of a two-week foreign travel study course for literature classes. (AEA)

In light of research on diversity learning and teaching, this article describes how an introductory course on cinematic depictions of African Americans taught at a predominately white, rural university campus leads students to see the impact of history and Hollywood on their own local and statewide communities. Like others who teach courses on…

Describes a course on fantasy which included studies of fairy tales, "Alice in Wonderland," and "The Hobbit," and a dramatization of "Through the Looking Glass." (MKM)

Presents a Holocaust literature class that brings new voices to the community college literature curriculum. Describes a course that involves reading five survivors' autobiographies, hearing four survivor speakers, one of whom was one of the authors, and hearing a speaker who had researched the murder and victimization of her family during the…

Describes a team-taught course called Mythic America which integrated literature and history and which deepened students' understanding of each. Describes developing the course, its schedule, and its evaluation. Discusses the six major myths which were examined through readings in literature and history, and how they prompted students to think…

Discusses the progress women have made in establishing their indentity and provides a sample outline for a course in literature. (RB)

Describes how the author came to develop an elective community-college course called "AIDS: A Literary Response." Discusses the course curriculum and course materials, literature and films, class assignments, formal paper assignments, notebooks of materials, and the impact of the life stories shared with the class by visitors. (SR)

Asserts that extending reading journals to case studies of classmates as readers and viewing journal responses as "texts" help to redefine the study of literature and to build a community of interpreters of texts. Describes a course based on these ideas. (PRA)

Describes how a literature and writing professor uses readings, writing assignments, and class discussions to help students broaden their understanding or orality and literacy and to respond critically to implicit cultural and racial biases. Notes that a process of self-empowerment occurs for both black and white students. (SR)

Describes an AIDS-centered curriculum for a composition class in a New York City community college. Describes selecting a text, assignments, attending a conference, guest speakers, and the research paper. Notes that the subject of AIDS not only provokes reflective writing and much class discussion but also compels writers to express and sometimes…