Literature is being confronted by a long existing problem: the distortion of emphasis in a literary analysis which prefers to discuss refinement of style as the prime content of a work, not as the completion of a total effect. (Author/MF)

The literature written for today's teenagers is viewed from several aspects including choice of subject matter and style of presentation. (3 references) (NH)

Works of this Black French poet reviewed are "Soleil Serpent", Interlude", and Nous Savoir". (KG)

Comments on series of critiques to set of two articles by Shoben, all in this issue. (CJ)

This literature-based unit is intended to examine the prevalent black moods, conflicts, alienations and disillusionments which accompany the present era. Literature selections include works by both black and white writers. At the end of the unit, the student will be able to realize the man, from what literature has stamped as substantial accounts…

Results of Upward Bound" students literature tests used to analyse the Black artists relationship to American society. Seventy-four percent thought the Black American writer should be Black first and then american, twelve percent thought americans, then Blacks. (MS)

Criticisms that competency training for teachers is relegating teaching to a series of automatic tasks bereft of intellect or creativity. (RA)

Some of the purposes for which state-aid formulas are established are listed., some assumptions necessary for establishing the concept of state participation in funding libraries are identified and some problems to which both may lead are printed out. These are followed by some suggested principles for the development of formulas. (NH)

A criticism of the obfuscatory nomenclature, and the negative influence on children labeled with learning disabilities. (RA)

Discusses the film "Easy Rider" as an allegory of the "idealized American myth of the quest for complete individual freedom." (Author/RD)

The successes and failures of the realistic mode when utilized by writers for children. (RM)

Uses fantasy theme analysis to examine how the women's movement rose from early small-group interaction to high visibility and acceptance by the public. Focuses on two organizations from 1967-77: the Twin Cities Female Liberation Group and the National Organization for Women, Twin Cities chapter. (PD)

Examines the works of Diana Wynne Jones, which offers humor, adventure, and fantasy. (HOD)