Art students made sketches of their subject area teachers and created life-sized caricatures of some of them. They then created biographies for their figures and explored their reasons for the stereotypes they developed. (KC)

A facetious private detective story embroidered with literary interpretation, autobiography, logical positivism, David Hume on personal identity, and "The Happy Hooker." (RL)

Student writers should be encouraged to move beyond a "jargon" or "public discourse" model of writing. This can be accomplished by capitalizing on the students' knack for imitation by turning it into public parody. After being divided into small panels of three, four, or five members, students are assigned a voice and topic and asked to develop a…

Responds to Weinrach's article (1987) on the American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) and its journal by disputing criticisms of the association and its publications. Contends that Weinrach's observations are not supported and that his comments are a caricature of the reality of the AACD and its journals. (Author/ABB)

When assigned to do parodies of literary works, students explore a variety of legitimate parodic relationships of significant critical interest. (DD)

Postmodern media culture widens the gap between school and children's external environments; it challenges the critical objective of media education. Students' efforts at media production manifest a more playful concept of knowledge and learning, requiring a more comprehensive postmodern approach to media education. (Contains 47 references.) (SK)

Contends that parody is the direct result of an attempt to make room for oneself within an airtight, closed, or exclusive social, cultural, or theatrical construct. Provides examples from the author's work, such as an all-women production of "Hamlet" as well as a parody of "The Glass Menagerie." (PM)

Argues that writing parodies of poetry is a productive, nonthreatening introduction to the creative effort of poem making. Provides several suggestions that may help in the parody-writing process. (RS)

Offers a practical demonstration of the conventions of children's literature. Discusses dragon lore and their parodies. Presents class activities related to such lore. (RS)

In 1984, a jury awarded $200,000 to the Rev. Jerry Falwell for emotional distress intentionally inflicted by a parody depicting Falwell as a drunkard who had incestuous relations with his mother in an outhouse. In 1988, in "Hustler v. Falwell," the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the verdict on First Amendment grounds. Although the…

Parodies psychology articles diagnosing syndromes and suggesting treatments. Identifies clinical features of childhood and "causes of childhood." (ABB)

This book contains more than two dozen reader's theater scripts to entertain and amuse those in the classroom or library. The scripts in the book--all are reproducible--can help nurture student language arts skills and the power of the imagination with their fractured "takes" on fairy tales and their twisted legends. Designed to…

Special issue on contemporary Spanish American literature. (DS)