The important aspect of a thematic approach is that it can link the literature with the society that produced it. It can help to foster a sense of place in students. It helps to isolate the basic myths which underlie the Canadian response to life. (Author)

Part II of a two-part article (Part I appeared in the Spring, 1970 issue of this journal). Discusses the distortion or neglect of black studies by white American academics, and answers various approaches considered to attack black history and culture. (JM)

See EJ 014 381. (CK)

A Review and critical discussion of the West Indian prose fiction in the sixties by one of the best-known poets of the Carribean and a member of the faculty of the University of West Indies, Jamaica. (JM)

A discussion of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novels, The First Circle" and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," and a recommendation for their inclusion in the English curriculum. (RD)

Article presents the ideas of two Kent State University professors on the meaning of Utopian ideas in history teaching. (Editor/IR)

Discusses why poetry is often boring to students and suggests books of modern poems available to students and teachers. (SW)

Discusses the importance and influence of Cadiz, a town in Southern Spain, on nineteenth century Spanish Romanticism. (DS)