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Download full textAiex, Nola Kortner – 1996
For the student of American politics as well as for the student of Brazilian literature and culture, a close reading of a 70-year old Brazilian science fiction novel could provide some insights into the ongoing presidential campaign in the United States. In 1925, one of Brazil's most popular writers, Jose Bento Monteiro Lobato, wrote a novel…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Higher Education, Latin American Literature, Literary Criticism
Aiex, Nola Kortner – 1999
This Digest argues that a well designed course of instruction can utilize motion pictures, television, and video tapes to channel a student's enthusiasm and route it to an academically useful goal. Sections of the Digest discuss what films and television offer to educators; potential applications in language arts classrooms; some other…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Films, Higher Education
