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Machado de Assis's "Dom Casmurro" and "Soneto De Natal": The Calculated Mediocrity of a Mute Prophet
Direct linkLewis, Christopher T. – Hispania, 2016
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's poem "Soneto de Natal" and the chapter "Um soneto" from his novel "Dom Casmurro" exhibit striking points of intersection that describe the same process: the creation of a sonnet. In the novel, Bentinho abandons his attempt with only a first and last line. "Soneto de Natal"…
Descriptors: Poetry, Spanish, Imagery, Vocabulary
Download full textModia, María Jesús Lorenzo; Álvarez, Begoña Lasa – International Education Studies, 2011
The purpose of this essay is to analyse the teaching of literature with a competency-based approach. This is exemplified by means of a thorough study of a poetic duel between two relevant eighteenth-century writers, Jonathan Swift and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and more specifically, by means of the satires entitled respectively "The Lady's…
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Poetry, Satire
Colman, John E. – NASSP Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Fiction, Grants, Poetry
Peer reviewedWagner, Vern – College English, 1973
The author satirically questions the right of modern poets and modern poetry to the pedestal they are often afforded. (MM)
Descriptors: College Instruction, English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literature
Armour, Richard – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 33rd Yearbook, 1969
Descriptors: Comedy, Critical Reading, Intellectual Development, Poetry
Hudson, Glenda A. – Children's Literature in Education, 2006
This article considers J.M. Barrie's satirical treatment of the Platonic doctrine of reminiscence in "Peter Pan," and how Barrie's work both honors and undercuts it. It will first analyze the Platonic notion of the doctrine of reminiscence in Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" (1807). It will then…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Victorian Literature, Poetry, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedDe Rijke, Victoria – Children's Literature in Education, 2002
Presents a personal tribute in memory of the work of eccentric writer and performer Spike Milligan. Celebrates and examines Spike's absurdist poetry and sketches for children in the context of both British nonsense traditions and the poetry of American writer Ogden Nash and Dr. Seuss. (SG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comedy, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry
Garcia, Nasario – De Colores, Journal of Emerging Raza Philosophies, 1975
Descriptors: Characterization, Hispanic American Literature, Literary Criticism, Poetry
Perivier, Jacques-Henri – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Fables, Folk Culture, French Literature, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedOtten, Nick; Stelmach, Majorie – English Journal, 1987
Suggests young people can respond to news stories and political issues they feel strongly about through poetry, and presents one student's effective use of satire which lets his emotions "leak through" to the reader. (NH)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Emotional Response, Literary Devices, News Reporting
Buzash, Michael D. – 1987
Born in 1900, Jacques Prevert was destined to become one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century. After spending his young adulthood with artists linked with the surrealist movement, Prevert became a satirist, social critic, songwriter, writer of children's stories and television programs, and poet. Prevert's interests in the visual…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, French Literature, Literary History
Sheffey, Ruthe – Black World, 1973
Explores the thesis that the terror of militant poetry is mitigated by one step taken backward from the abyss of despair, a retreat into the saving grace of laughter, analyzing poetry by Mari Evans, Dudley Randall, Don L. Lee, Mikki Giovanni, and other young militant black poets. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, Black Community, Black Literature, Blacks
Peer reviewedKoepke, Wulf – German Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Ambiguity, German Literature, Idioms, Literary Criticism
Higgins, James – Revista Iberoamer, 1970
Descriptors: Hispanic American Literature, Literary Devices, Moral Criticism, Moral Values
Thomas, W. K. – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Neoclassic Literary Period, Imagery
