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Kennedy, James H. – 1985
This paper profiles representative Afro-Brazilian writers and provides a guide to English language translations and critical studies of their work. The aim is to encourage instructors to broaden the scope of current curricula in black and Latin American studies courses. Recent studies estimate that more than 40 percent of Brazil's inhabitants are…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Studies, Blacks, Foreign Countries

Sarrett, Sylvia – English Journal, 1987
Contrasts the complaints of a class of gifted students about Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" with their teacher's discomfort at sitting through the long and tedious movie "Brazil." (NKA)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Authors, Classics (Literature), Comparative Analysis