Includes citations from major speech publications and scholarly publications from other disciplines. (PD)

Structural analysis of literature, and one particular analysis of discourse, are criticized as technical rather than critical in nature, depersonalized, and conformist. The objections to the specific analysis are outlined and discussed. (MSE)

Identifies and assesses the values displayed in Lyndon Johnson's communication about the riots during his term of office. (PD)

Analyzes parables--teaching stories--to explore the significance of these rhetorical devices as forms of discourse and as acts of relational communication. (PD)

Proposes, in prose and in charts, a theory of writing intended to unite the fields of composition studies and literature. (JL)

Through a study of D. H. Lawrence, students are able to see things about themselves, their education, and their relationship to others and to God that they had not considered in depth before. (HOD)

Describes an exercise in the content analysis of political ideologies. Advantages of the exercise include that it teaches students to employ content analysis as a method of research and that it introduces them to the ideological statements of America's leading social critics. (DB)

Investigates how one media outlet, "Time" magazine, has reported American religion over the past 30 years. Observes that coverage patterns can be explained by its rhetorical protocol which demands action, conflict, and personality. "Time" follows this rhetorical formula in all varieties of news, including religious, because the…

Analyzes promotional brochures distributed by chautauqua circuits between 1904-1932. Illustrates how chautauqua programs reflected the social-intellectual themes of their time. Provides an understanding of how publicity agents viewed their audiences and modified rhetoric to meet the changing marketplace. (PD)

Examined popular self-help books to determine how they portray organizational life and the female manager. Concluded that their rhetorical vision of the female manager is superficial and that for the woman who participates in this view of organizational life, the books present incomplete, contradictory, and debilitating advice. (PD)

Excoriates those who resist attempts to remove sexism from English, singling out critic John Simon as particularly offensive. (JL)

Presents a biographical sketch of Frank Sargeson. Considers Sargeson's themes, unity of his world view, characters, and use of symbols. Explains that his style is intentionally designed to express frustration, isolation, and failure to communicate. (DMM)

Argues that a response-centered approach to literature should begin with a consideration of the students' and later the literature's values. Explains how this can be accomplished through the study of literary modes. (FL)

Describes a technique whereby students are taught to use information they have gained from secondary sources to write critical introductions to novels they have read. (FL)

Examines the appeal of oral histories--their intimacy, authenticity, seeming reliability, and panoramic as well as sharply focused presentations of human life--and the possibilities they offer as subject matter in English classrooms. Provides lists of oral histories and "how-to" books on oral history. (RL)