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Hale, Frederick A. – History Teacher, 1976
This article reviews the historiography of the origins of World War I in light of Fritz Fischer's book which places responsibility for the war on German economic ambitions. (DE)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, European History, Historical Criticism, Historiography
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Angrosino, Michael V. – Caribbean Quarterly, 1975
The work of this Trinidadian novelist is an example of a body of literature with much to say to the analyst of social systems. The key concept underlying his work, 'the colonial' is analyzed here through non-fiction, novels, stories, and journal material. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Authors, Colonialism, Literary Criticism, Social Problems
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Gindine, Yvette – Caribbean Quarterly, 1975
Reviews and discusses the novels of three satirical novelists who dared to expose the political anarchy ravaging their own society. Historically, satire remains inseparable from the birth of the Haitian novel. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Authors, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Mood
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Drake, James A. – Educational Theory, 1978
A book titled "The Processes of Thinking" by Marc Belth is reviewed. (JD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking, Learning Theories
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Alexander, John M. – CEA Critic, 1979
Urges the mythic approach to literary criticism as a way to develop an organized, linear college English curriculum that will make literature relevant to students' experience. (AA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
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Gounard, J. F. – Journal of Black Studies, 1978
The background to this story by Wright is given, together with a discussion of the way Wright developed the themes of loneliness and anonymity in a materialistic, unfeeling society. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Influences, Black Literature, Existentialism
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Bytwerk, Randall L. – Central States Speech Journal, 1978
The rhetoric of the final four months of Hitler's Reich is examined, including arguments that Germany could still win the war based on moral and logical grounds, and later appeals based on source credibility, historical analogy, and terror. (JF)
Descriptors: Credibility, Nationalism, Politics, Propaganda
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Whittier, Gayle – College English, 1978
In order to discourage students from writing papers which stagnate in quality or range, the teacher of a university literature course assigned four sequential papers, all on the same poem. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Teaching Methods
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Szanto, George – College English, 1978
Describes the narrative and analytic methods John Berger uses to show his audience oppositional alternatives in the structuring of their daily experience. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Novels, Social Influences
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Trimmer, Joseph F. – Black American Literature Forum, 1978
Discusses the riddle posed by the dying grandfather of the narrator in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" in terms of its language, the way it functions in the narrative, and the way in which an understanding of its solutions provides an important key to the novel. (GW)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Black Literature, Characterization, Fiction
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Zimiles, Herbert – Teachers College Record, 1978
The author examines (1) rationale for early childhood education, (2) the influence of Project Head Start upon the early childhood movement, (3) the trend of increasing concern for younger children, (4) the developing role of informal child-care, (5) problems in evaluating early childhood programs, and (6) effects of the "fast child-care industry"…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, History
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Kintgen, Eugene R. – College English, 1978
Suggests ways in which psycholinguistics may be used to study how readers perceive and comprehend literary works. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature, Psycholinguistics
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Tibbetts, A. M. – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Summarizes the views of language presented in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four,""Animal Farm," and "Politics and the English Language." (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language, Language Attitudes, Literary Criticism
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Nodelman, Perry – Language Arts, 1978
Contrasts the views of poets and poetry in Leo Lionni's "Frederick" and Randall Jarrell's "The Bat-Poet." (DD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Stott, Jon C. – Language Arts, 1978
Uses five children's stories to illustrate the pattern of running away from home only to return home once more. (DD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Literary Criticism
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