Recommends a series of reading and writing assignments designed to help students develop style and tone in their writing. (TJ)

Examines the "functional sentence perspective" theory, working with the concepts of the "theme" and "rheme" of a sentence, and analyzes possibilities for its implementation in the theory of information systems, particularly with respect to the study of so-called thematic progressions in and general structural formula of the text. (Author/CWM)

Defines rhetorical enterprise as the combination of content and delivery which fosters a symbiotic relationship between source and receiver, and suggests a critical methodology for assessing the goals, methods and precedents of rhetorical enterprise. Provides a case study of the Reverend Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II and his Science of Living…

This three hundred and twenty-five page text contains one hundred brief stories intended to introduce young blacks to aspects of their culture and history. (Author)

A study of the reasons why editors of poetry magazines accept or reject submissions. (DD)

Citing numerous examples, this article argues that Native American literature cannot be taught from a Western perspective. (JC)

Discusses the association of the Black character (tortured, distorted, mistreated, and misjudged) with horror and the macabre in white American literature from "Letters from an American Farmer" (1782) to "Gravity's Rainbow" (1973). (JM)

Discusses George Gallup's crusade to establish polling's scientific and cultural legitimacy that mythologized its history of "progress"; deflected doubts about its accuracy and technical procedures with a rhetoric of scientific of mystification; and celebrated the collective wisdom of "the people." Shows how Gallup's…

Addresses how feminist theories are making a difference in the way people understand the psychological, moral, and cognitive development of adolescents. Reviews feminist research relevant to youth librarians and the development of young adult library services. Describes differences and similarities between traditional and feminist approaches to…

Offers methodological and epistemological suggestions regarding consensual qualitative research (CQR). Discusses the scope of CQR, the illusion of representativeness, dialogical understanding, the problem of commonality as a goal, and difficulties with the CQR consensus procedure. Epistemological concerns include the nature of truth, objective…

Addresses the question of what graduate students should know about fields of English in which they are not specializing. Finds the best answer is to teach "the classics." Illustrates with the example of a course on "The Faerie Queene" and "Paradise Lost," to show students how to work with texts and what can be…

Offers a panel discussion assignment which requires students to draw from the patterns of ideas presented throughout the semester and apply them to a longer text and engage more actively with literary texts--it also provides a detailed introduction to a wide range of novels impossible to present in one course. Details the assignment. (PA)

Discusses the development of rhetorical analyses of political addresses from antiquity to modern times. Focuses on "epideictic address," i.e., addresses by representative persons. Rhetorical and discourse analytical approaches are used to analyze parts of Dutch Queen Beatrix' speech to the Israeli Parliament. Discusses the hybrid…

Argues that, in "Island of the Blue Dolphins," Scott O'Dell offers a skeleton main character (Karana). Contends that O'Dell has sketched Karana as a stereotype and that readers complete her characterization, filling out the skeleton by perpetuating the stereotypes. Points out this trading of stereotype for true character development in…

Explores the roles allocated to women in the famous collection. States that, although collaboration figures prominently in many of the more than 200 tales, the benefits of collective action are not extended to women. Examines the differences between male and female collaboration in the tales. Contemplates the implications of these differences for…