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Perivier, Jacques-Henri – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Fables, Folk Culture, French Literature, Literary Criticism
Download full textLivingston, James T. – 1971
Derek Walcott is the major voice of the Caribbean naissance. His strength lies in the creative tension between the particularity of his Caribbean setting and the universalities of his theme and style. His stylistic influences and allusions resemble those of Donne, Marvell, Yeats, Hopkins, Pound, Ransom, Spender, Lowell, and Graves. Passages of his…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, Literary Influences, Literary Styles
JOSEPHS, LOIS – 1967
"MOBY DICK" IS SINGULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL EMPHASIS. HOWEVER, TO GUIDE THE STUDENTS INTO THE THEMATIC INTRICACIES OF THE WORK, THE TEACHER MUST USE A CAREFULLY PLANNED, INDUCTIVE APPROACH THAT DEMANDS CLOSE TEXTUAL STUDY IN CLASS. ALTHOUGH EACH TEACHER SHOULD CONCENTRATE…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading
Suhor, Charles – The Teachers Guide to Media & Methods, 1967
Comics--as a special literary genre--must be judged by special criteria. In fact, the four-panel daily comic strip must be judged by different standards from the full-length comic book or the single- or double-frame comic. Among the four-panel strips are found comics that make a claim to literary quality--"Li'l Abner,""Pogo," and "Peanuts." These…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Classics (Literature), Content Analysis, Critical Reading
Powell, Eva-Lynn M. – 1971
This course introduces students to plays and novels of contemporary European and American authors whose works expose the absurdity of conventional social and literary modes but also suggest positive human values. The objectives of the course include: (1) a definition of the meaning of the absurd; (2) an understanding of the absurdist theme of the…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Contemporary Literature, Critical Reading, Drama
Euclid English Demonstration Center, OH.
THIS LITERATURE GUIDE FOR TEACHING HONORS STUDENTS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT GIFTED STUDENTS ARE DIFFERENT IN KIND AS WELL AS DEGREE FROM AVERAGE STUDENTS AND THAT AN HONORS CURRICULUM SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AROUND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS. A DISCUSSION OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE GIFTED CHILD IS PRESENTED TO SUGGEST THAT A CHILD'S…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Tezer, Phyllis – 1969
Within the English curriculum, a course to provide familiarity with Western culture may prevent the problem of foreign students' misunderstanding Western literature. This problem was observed at Iran Girls' College during an American literature short story class conducted for advanced seniors, none of whom had been in America but whose English…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
