Explains the plan and intention of the series of stories composing "Emile" in order to convince readers how imperative it is to study this work. In "Emile" Rousseau describes an ordinary boy and experiments with the possibility of his becoming an autonomous man. (Author/BC)

This article, presented at the NASPA convention, Dallas, 1976, maintains that as colleges evolved from teaching salvation to teaching success, a void in value instruction has occurred. (Author)

Studies the nature and effect of the rhetorical strategies of Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian (1878-1884), and Bright Eyes, "the Ponca Girl" (1879-1882) who both served as spokeswomen for their tribes' struggles for Indian rights as citizens and human beings in post-Civil War America. (MH)

Provides empirical verification for Bormann's Dramatistic Communication Theory and suggests that the utility of Bormann's theory of rhetorical vision goes beyond its use as a descriptive schemata for critiquing rhetorical communication. (MH)

Describes the nature and impact of the Communist movement's revolutionary language which emphasized the particular pro-American Communist discourse which dramatized issues, events, and people. (MH)

Uses students' responses to poetry as a tool for developing writing skills and literature appreciation. Matches literature materials to students' levels of experience. (RL)

Discusses American journalism--specifically the syndicated columns. To show their usefulness for English teaching, Art Buchwald's "Unqualifications" is described and the text interpreted. It is suggested that for humorous aspects and language deviations be stressed; for Grades 11-13 irony, American technology and education. (Text is in…

Criticizes a critique by J. Marsden of Leonard Cohen's pop song "Suzanne" as material for high school foreign language teaching. States that Marsden's article is concerned only with the text. The music agrees with the theme (loneliness) and with the "social milieu." (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A response to criticisms of the article "Interpretation of a Pop Song at the Upper High School Level--Leonard Cohen: 'Suzanne'," defending the interpretative procedure, including its text orientation and its emphasis on the teacher's exposition. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the instructional strategies used in a course on television as a popular art form, in which students use their regular television viewing to develop a critical awareness, learning tools and techniques for analyzing dramatic form and content. (RT)

This article discusses two problems which confront the literary historian, first, that of periodization and second, that of choice of corpus. Several histories of French literature, some written in English and others in French, are reviewed. (CFM)

Charges that Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines for textbooks ought to be denounced as a wilful exercise in intellectual dishonesty, as the company insists that its textbooks depict society, not as it is, but as the publishers would like it to be. (Author/AM)

Several responses to Kilpatricks' article on the Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines governing textbook publication are provided. (Author/AM)

Assesses the effects on children's attitudes of books which portray the elderly. Findings indicate that the stereotypic and negative images of the elderly which predominate in children's literature tend to misinform and prejudice young readers about the role of the elderly in our society. An annotated bibliography of 66 children's books is…

Charts the evolution of the black voice in American literature into a self-sufficient, independent literary language. (GW)