The publications of the Marvel Comics Group warrant serious consideration as a legitimate narrative enterprise. While it is obvious that these comic books can be used in the classroom as a source of reading material, it is not so obvious that these comic books, with great economy, simplicity, and narrative density, can be used to further introduce…

The reader has replaced the text as the central figure in the teaching of literature. Three techniques that psychologists and educational researchers believe produce better reading comprehension are: the concept of schemata, or the kind of mental outline a reader has when perceiving something; the acquisition or development of an appropriate…

Justification for the publication of college literary magazines is offered in this paper. Among the reasons listed for continuing publication are: to fulfill writers' needs to see their work in print, to provide the opportunity for student editors to exercise their critical skills, and to bring enjoyment to readers. (AEA)

Both the method of the New Critics and the modern student's interest in "macro-questions" are briefly discussed by way of introduction. The primary concern of the essay, however, is for an ampler conception of metaphor. Instances of "advanced metaphorical thinking," among them More's "Utopia," Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," and Pascal's…

This bibliography is classified into six categories: (1) the theory of statistical stylistics; (2) stylistic characteristics; (3) poetics, metrics, and prosody; (4) individual styles and the history of literary styles; (5) problems of chronology and disputed authorship; and (6) stylistics and the computer. The main part of the bibliography is…

Fictional works, of different literary periods, which share a common perception of man can be explicated and compared with each other to illustrate a continuing tradition in American literature. Such a basis for comparison exists between Hawthorne's romance, "The Scarlet Letter," which appeared in 1850, and Henry James' fantasy,…

This paper develops a relationship between the dynamics of sexual-fantasy response and the dynamics of literary response that could be exploited by encouraging students to learn by inventing, to fantasize, and to suspend their disbelief when reading all kinds of literature. Just as sexual fantasy focuses attention on the pleasures of sexual…

This journal issue deals with the ways in which elements of a literary text specify the manner in which an oral interpreter will present the text to an audience. After an introductory statement, four poems by a contemporary poet are presented as sample texts. Four commentators discuss the ways these poems might be interpreted to an audience, and…

This paper examines the ways that old age is portrayed in literature, focusing on how old people gradually disengage themselves from the social systems in which they live. The writers and works discussed present bleak portraits of old age in contrast to recent scientific assertions that human beings now live healthier, longer, more satisfying…

Some current scientific-engineering curricula consider the rhetorical expression of ideas as separable and inessential to course content; rhetoric is defined as a distinct set of technical skills practiced by specialists. In contrast, the classical definition of rhetoric subordinates the method or technique of expression to the refinement of the…

Rhetorical activity is fundamental to the process of psychotherapy. This paper discusses a study of the consistent use of rhetorical strategies in distinctly different forms of psychotherapy as an initial step in analyzing the effectiveness or failure of therapeutic situations. The data for this two-part study consisted of eleven hours of…

This article supports the view that it is not only possible but also essential that literature be taught in elementary schools, arguing that literature belongs at the center of a school's language arts curriculum. The question of how literature may be taught and learned is discussed, and explicit suggestions for its study are delineated. Specific…

This book maintains that, because male critics have evaluated feminine writing according to the standards of masculine style, women have received biased criticism in the past. This study attempts an objective analysis of possible differences in the published writings of men and women by considering certain critical stereotypes that have been…

Because religious communicators deal with issues most profound and consequential to their audiences, it is imperative that they examine their motives, aspirations, and rhetorical methods, as well as the ethical dimensions of their communication. Religion operates, along with every other rhetorical system, in the world of contingency, of the…

The two primary objectives of this dissertation were to describe the 48 novels taught in English classes in a specific secondary school in Pennsylvania and, through a survey, to determine whether these novels were unique or representative of novels taught in other Pennsylvania schools. The description of each novel includes a critical summary, the…