Mad Magazine is a highly sophisticated, satiric commentary on virtually all phases of American culture and should not be overlooked as a literary source.

Three papers facetiously dealing with college administration. These papers are part of a book by the above named author, a professor at New York University. (MF)

The author satirically questions the right of modern poets and modern poetry to the pedestal they are often afforded. (MM)

A humorous satire on outdated required materials and teaching methods. (MM)

Suggestions for using Dead Souls" in the high school literature class. (SP)

Discusses how teachers can use literature to teach students to gather basic materials for writing better compositions. (SW)

The article discusses the use and purposes of puns in Spanish speech and literature. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

Argues that Holden Caulfield was the comedian Lenny Bruce in this satire of life and literature. (RB)

According to the "Arizona English Bulletin" (AEB), not enough attention is given to humor or satire in high school English classes. AEB suggests that if the English class is a place for bringing reality into the curriculum, humor must become a part of the total English program. Featured in this issue are 25 essays on various aspects of…

Describes the author's teaching of satire as it evolved from a small part of a literature course to a semester-length course, valuing written and oral literature. Explains how technique has become central, and analysis has become a meaningful preliminary to students writing their own satires. (SR)

Examines humorous literature in higher education and categorizes the genre into humorous academic stories and novels, essays, and expressions. Explores the first of these types. Demonstrates that Freud's "superiority theory" is alive and well in humorous campus literature but that it generally does not rise to the instrumental level of pure…

"Archy and Mehitabel," a collection of 48 newspaper columns by Don Marquis on the aspirations and foibles of man, can be used effectively to spark the interests of today's students. Marquis' delightful dialogue between the humorous and learned cockroach, Archy, and his cliche-ridden but lovable friend, Mehitabel the cat, are written in free verse.…

Suggests that composition courses can strengthen ties between reading literature and writing about it. Shows how writing assignments that originate in readings of literary texts encourage students'"writerliness." Provides a sample satiric sketch assignment sheet. (MM)