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Kudlick, Catherine J. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
This article reads two late nineteenth century short stories--one by Guy de Maupassant and the other by Louisa May Alcott--through the interpretive framework of Critical Disability Studies. It contrasts the traditional view of disability as a deficit or pathology that befalls certain unfortunate individuals with a newer one that understands it…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Blindness, Attitudes toward Disabilities, At Risk Persons
Falb, Lewis W. – Educational Theatre Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Audiences, Drama, Foreign Culture, Literary Criticism
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Bruyere, Claire – Contemporary French Civilization, 1989
Trends and cultural differences are examined in the history of the novel in France and the United States since 1906. These trends and cultural differences are proposed as a way of teaching American culture. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Educational Strategies
Neumann, Henry – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The best expression of a people's ideals is to be found in their literature, and there is no better or more effective means of disseminating these ideals among the masses of the people than through the right use of the best of the literature in the schools and elsewhere. The great struggle in which the United States is now engaged for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Educational History, Political Socialization