The "Bhagavad Gita" is a didactic dialogue inserted approximately in the middle of an immensely long Indian epic entitled the "Mahabharata." This paper examines the use of narrative in this ancient Hindu religious work, the "Bhagavad Gita"--specific attention is given to how the story in this didactic text uses…

Research that has focused on ancient Indian rhetoric, a sub-category of Eastern rhetoric, has largely eschewed focus on the narrative paradigm as a theoretical guide. These narratives often enshrine didactic elements, contradictions, and mythic traits that often confound and inspire Western audiences. These archaic religious/philosophical texts…

This volume contains the following papers: "Texas Czech of Texas Czechs: An Ethnolinguistic Perspective on Language Use in a Dying Language Community" (Lida Dutkova); "Language Variation in an Immigrant Community: Language and Community Maintenance" (Eva Eckert); "Some Special Problems of Imperfective Derivation in…

The following papers are included: "Responses to the Literature Papers" (Malynne M. Sternstein); "Kitsch and Irony in Kundera: 'The Joke' and 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'" (Aaron Beaver); "Daniela Fischerova's 'The Message Table': (Lauren McConnell); "Rethinking the Grotesque in Hrabal's Fiction" Carnival…

A writing teacher wanted to know how students perceive the second selves (alter-egos or implied authors) that writing teachers infer in their written comments on student writing, whether students saw room for negotiating the role this second self implied for themselves, and whether teachers can exercise control over some of the choices they make…

Suggests that the field of literary criticism must be expanded and the responsibility for class discussion must be distributed among the students if the human spirit is to be liberated in the classroom. (TO)

Native and working class history has heretofore been either neglected or misrepresented in standard student books. Although books from a working class perspective are scarce, teachers can dig out this history for themselves. A few suggestions are given here for teachers and several available books in Canada are listed. (SM)

America's economic system is re-examined in the light of cataclysmic changes which have occurred since 1932. Features of the New Deal and Fair Deal are highlighted. (Author/KM)

Discusses the 1971 Lincoln Center production of "The Duplex", focusing on and refuting Walter Kerr's critical review of that play; Kerr is shown unable or unwilling to accept Bullins' successful use of certain structural innovations--the same ones that he raves about in non-black drama. (Author/JM)

Suggests organizing a course in modern literary criticism according to four basic approaches to literary structure. (TO)

An examination of the social and "academic" aspects of rhetorical criticism. (CH)

Discusses a literary response model developed at the Center for the Psychological Study of the Arts, stressing the importance of the individual's response in the textual analysis of literary works. (See also CS 700 447) (RB)

Discusses archetypal criticism as a means of understanding Science Fiction. (RB)

Analyzes the critical approaches to film study suggested by Victor Perkins, Peter Wollen, and Steve Croft. (DD)