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Direct linkLeight, Robert L.; Columba, Lynn – Education, 2019
The purpose of this essay is to examine Harper Lee's insights about education, particularly as found in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee apparently relied on reflections of her own experiences as the narrator, Scout, describes her first day in school in chapters two and three. But, it should be kept in mind that the narrative is fiction, a…
Descriptors: Novels, Twentieth Century Literature, Student Experience, Fiction
Tunc, Tanfer Emin – Children's Literature in Education, 2017
This article discusses how, following in the footsteps of United States imperial children's writers Jacob Abbott and Edward Stratemeyer, Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade (1860-1936), the original author of the "Our Little Cousins" series (1901-1905), contributed to the American culture of empire. Wade was one of the most prolific and popular…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, United States Literature, Foreign Policy, Twentieth Century Literature
Download full textKeshmiri, Fahimeh; Darzikola, Shahla Sorkhabi – English Language Teaching, 2016
Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, American memorable novelists have had philosophic ideas about modernity. In fact their idea about existential interests of American, and the effects of American system on society, is mirrored in their creative works. All through his early works, Fitzgerald echoes the existential center of his era. Obviously,…
Descriptors: Authors, United States Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Philosophy
A Narratological Study and Analysis Of: The Concept of Time in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"
Ahmadian, Moussa; Jorf, Leyli – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study is primarily concerned with applying Genette's narratological framework of time to the study of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". This study aims to provide insights about the time shift processes in this short story. Moreover, since time is a component of narratology, this study will be concerned with discussions about…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, United States Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Narration
Tsavmbu, Aondover Alexis; Amase, Emmanuel Lanior; Kaan, Aondover Theophilus – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest writers that America has produced. His works have indeed, contributed immensely in shaping the literary path in his country. All his novels are tragedies and his heroes tragic heroes because he is always conscious of man's mortality. In this paper, we have undertaken a critical study of Hemingway's…
Descriptors: United States Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Novels, Biology
Labatt, Joseph; Forrest, Michael – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2016
James M. Cain used his literary skills to incorporate business and business law concepts into a best-selling novel, "Mildred Pierce." Set in the Great Depression era, "Mildred Pierce" tells the story of a divorced woman who raises two daughters on her own, while building a restaurant and bakery business. Even in today's popular…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Law Related Education, Novels, Entrepreneurship
Alirezazadeh, Pooria; Talebinezhad, Mohammad Reza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This article looks at William Faulkner's work "The Sound and the Fury." The goals are to investigate different types of syntactic deviations in the novel, and how these deviations helped the writer to create a literary work in the field of modernist literature and stream of consciousness. To this end, the theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Novels, United States Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Syntax
Zhang, Xiaofen – English Language Teaching, 2010
Naturalism was first proposed and formulated by French novelist Emile Zola, and it was introduced to America by American novelist Frank Norris. It is a new and harsher realism. It is a theory in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealism or avoidance of the ugly. American literature naturalists dismissed the validity of…
Descriptors: United States Literature, Realism, Philosophy, Authors
Yu, Xiaoping – English Language Teaching, 2010
Hemingway is a famous American writer and a spokesman of the Lost Generation. His life attitude of the characters in the novels influenced the whole world. His first masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises" contributes a lot to the rise of feminism and make the world began to be familiar with a term: The New Woman through the portrayal of Brett.…
Descriptors: Novels, Females, Literary Devices, Feminism
Yu, Hanying – English Language Teaching, 2010
Carrie is always dreaming while the rocking chair is rocking again and again, this is the deep impression on us after we read "Sister Carrie" which is the first novel of Theodore Dreiser. In this novel the protagonist Sister Carrie is a controversial person. This paper tries to analyze the character of Sister Carrie in order to find out…
Descriptors: United States Literature, Novels, Literary Devices, Authors
Wetzel, Grace – Great Plains Quarterly, 2008
An independent and strong-minded woman gains control of a farm and determines to effect its fruition. Though many doubt her capacity, the female landowner trumps her male counterparts when the farm flourishes under her effective management. In the end, she marries--but on extremely unconventional terms. Rejecting romantic love, she instead weds a…
Descriptors: United States Literature, English Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Twentieth Century Literature
Peer reviewedSwardson, H. R. – College English, 1976
A critical analysis of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" and of the doctrine of Absurdism. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literature, United States Literature
Peer reviewedFisher, William – English Journal, 1972
author argues for inclusion of modern poetry in high school English curriculum; he includes lists of critical works and anthologies. (SP)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Poetry, Poets, Twentieth Century Literature
Peer reviewedCain, William E. – College English, 1979
Analyzes the "deconstructive" literary criticism of J. Hillis Miller and the opposition between it and other schools of criticism. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literature, United States Literature
PECK, CAROL FAULKNER – 1967
THE "SURPRISE ENDINGS" IN EACH OF WILLIAM GOLDING'S FIRST FOUR NOVELS OCCUR WHEN THE POINT OF VIEW SHIFTS FROM THE LIMITED WORLD OF THE NOVEL TO THE UNLIMITED WORLD OF REALITY. THE BOYS' RESCUE BY THE UNCOMPREHENDING OFFICER IN "LORD OF THE FLIES," REFOCUSES AND REINFORCES ALL THAT PRECEDES IT, AND THE FABLE, SUPERIMPOSED UPON REAL LIFE, BECOMES…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Novels, Twentieth Century Literature
