The Civil War in Literature is a course in which investigation is made into the legacy that this war left to humanity. Through the reading and discussion of literary works written during or about the Civil War, including "Jubilee,""Gone with the Wind,""Red Badge of Courage," poetry by Walt Whitman, and the essays of…

Ten contributors provide extensive bibliographic essays on topics of importance in the teaching of college composition. Works cited and commented upon range from those of Aristotle to the contributions of contemporary scholars. Separate essays deal with invention, structure and form in nonfiction prose, approaches to the study of style, modes of…

These three volumes present a history of Canada in terms of writings significant in thought, form, and use of language and contribute to criticism by offering reasons for singling out those works regarded as best. The first two volumes are revisions of an earlier edition, while the third volume, devoted to the years 1960-1973, contains new…

Literary critical prose is a specialized, artifical mode of discourse, and it is a poor model for students trying to learn to write well. (JH)

This article outlines a method for teaching French literature to high school students, specifically using "L'Etranger" by Camus. The method has three basic components: an introductory study of selected excerpts, reading and discussion of the entire novel, and preparation and correction of an essay. (CLK)

Science fiction is satisfying, not because it projects the future, but because it helps the reader deal with the present. (JH)

Writing parodies of advertising slogans can sensitize students to the emotional appeals of those slogans.

We should train our students to apply the tools of literary analysis to political language.

Responded to a 1973 journal article by R. S. Peters which defended education as a topic of research in institutes of higher education. The author argues that degrees in education without practical experience are an educational disaster and should be abandoned. (Author/DB)

A Package of classroom activities is presented on the theme of initiation, with suggestions of many titles from adolescent literature. Ideas for including rock music, movies, and television programs are also given. (SJL)

It is suggested that nutritional status can be influenced by a number of other factors than an individual's attitudinal and income poverty. The concepts of political, social, and psychological poverties are introduced. (GC)

Shows that teachers can use scientific findings to form and prescribe norms of behavior and to implement such prescriptions; discusses the use of criticism as a teaching device; and delineates five assumptions--related to speech, rhetorical behavior, cultural norms, and response to speech acts--that underly theories of pedagogical criticsm. (JMF)

Comments on a recent "Prospects" article on education in developing countries are presented. The author, an Indian newspaper editor, maintains that, in spite of the claims of the author in the original article, there are no technical solutions to education in developing nations because it is, essentially, a political problem. (Author/DB)