Analyzes the writings of Antonio Tovar, Jose Maria Souviron, Jose Antonio Jimenez Arnau, Santiago Loren, Salvador Espriu, and Evaristo Acevedo. (DS)

Describes works of contemporary authors Pedro Lain Entralgo, Claudio de la Torre, Ricardo de la Cierva, Rosa Chacel, Jose Luis Cano, and Vicente Gaos. (DS)

Echoing simplistic solutions to complex problems" will not focus the intricate nature of the many environmental problems facing the planet on which we live." (Author/AL)

The discussion is intended to acquaint the reader with the newly established nations of the Americas---Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Barbados--and some of the ways in which they differ from the rest of Latin America. (SM)

Requiring students to answer literature questions" turns the pleasure of reading into drudgery. (SP)

A reading on the future for analysis by students suggests life throughout the Universe. Questions to stimulate discussion are included. (JB)

Focuses upon the use of vituperation by Milton and Salmasius in their defenses of the revolutionary and royalist positions, respectively, following the English Civil War. (RD)

An analysis of the signification of rhetoric" in De Quincey's 1828 essay, Rhetoric" or Elements of Rhetoric"; a revision of a paper presented at the Rhetoric and Public Address debut program of the Speech Association of America (New York, December 1969). (Editor/RD)

Discusses three factors that should be taken into account before a writer sets out to write an essay: audience, purpose, and personality of the writer. (AEA)

Concludes that the rhetorical specification approach to developing essay examination topics (giving writers information about the purpose of a composition, its audience, speaker, and subject) may not be the best way to elicit good writing. (JL)

This study sought to answer whether children can adjust their evaluation of essays according to standards expressed in the instructions. The question of whether the relative difficulty of detecting inconsistencies and falsehoods depends on the type of problem children are trying to find was addressed. (Author/GK)

The geography student should be offered the option of applied geography courses as well as the more conservative humanistic approach, in order to respond to the challenges presented by existing societal needs and vocational opportunities. (Author/CK)

Describes the fundamental conflict between the implications of sociobiology and the aspirations of humanists. Sociobiology tends to rationalize and defend special privileges for the powerful few, while humanism stresses equality of opportunity. Journal availability: see SO 507 272. (Author)