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Fujita, Gayle K. – 1987
This conference paper describes how the phrase "picture bride" is used as a metaphor in ethnic poetry. It is used in poems which concern female creativity in the areas of art and housekeeping. The phrase represents the fusion of concepts and ideas which are usually thought of in juxtaposition with each other. These concepts and ideas are…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Creativity, Cultural Images, Ethnicity
Download full textShelden, Michael – 1982
As a man who took great delight in "the joy of mere words," George Orwell would understandably be appalled by the growing insensitivity to language in today's world. Poetry in composition classes can keep students aware of the music of the English language. There is no guarantee that students will respond to poetry with the same…
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Language Skills, Poetry
McKenzie, Hope Bussey – 1984
Intended for college teachers and students of English literature and bibliography, this paper presents a chronology of Victorian poet Robert Browning's life as he wrote the four-volume "murder poem,""The Ring and the Book." The paper begins with Browning's discovery in a Florentine bookstall of "the old yellow book,"…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, European History, Higher Education, Literary History
Peer reviewedRosenblatt, Roger – American Scholar, 1974
Considered the problems of teaching literature versus social attitudes ingrained against learning about literature. (RK)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Attitudes, Educational Problems, English Departments
Romano, Octavio I. V. Ed.; Rios, Herminio C. Ed. – El Grito, 1973
Separated into 3 sections, this bibliography covers literature, drama, prose, and poetry (from 1965 to 1972) pertaining to Chicanos and La Raza. To obtain this material, all Chicano journals, newspapers, bulletins, and newsletters published in the Southwest were reviewed. Topics range from police brutality to the Vietnam War. The appendix gives…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Drama, Hispanic American Literature, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedManzo, Anthony V.; Martin, Deanna Coleman – Journal of Reading, 1974
Presents a technique for teaching poetry to disadvantaged youths. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Disadvantaged Youth, English Instruction
Peer reviewedKintgen, Eugene R. – College English, 1974
Presently, transformational grammar has more harm than good to offer literary criticism. (JH)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedMueller, Lavonne – English Journal, 1974
Creating and displaying artworks based on words helps students appreciate the subtle strengths of language. (JH)
Descriptors: Creativity, Language, Mass Media, Poetry
PDF pending restorationTomas, Douglas A. – 1977
Ten graduate English majors responded to 21 samples of literary discourse chosen to represent Kinneavy's (1971) categories; the selections contained a total of 513 cloze situations. This paper reports the results of an analysis of the clues which the readers reported using when they correctly completed the clozed items. A 14-category…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Higher Education, Literature
PDF pending restorationTomas, Douglas A. – 1977
Ten Graduate English majors responded to 21 samples of literary discourse chosen to represent Kinneavy's (1971) categories; the selections contained a total of 513 cloze situations. Only exact replacement of the deleted nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs was scored as correct. Analysis of results indicated that replacement in poetry was…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Higher Education, Literature, Poetry
Peer reviewedLebano, Edoardo A. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Christianity, Dialogs (Literary), Fifteenth Century Literature
Ackerlund, Sylvia – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Expression, Elementary Schools, Language Arts
Peer reviewedRodriquez-Peralta, Phyllis – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Hispanic American Literature, Historical Criticism, Latin American Culture, Modernism
Clifton, Linda J. – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Induction
Chesneau, Albert – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Development, French Literature, Literary Criticism, Poetry
