Presents and analyzes the results of the annual ATA survey of plays selected for college production. (RN)

Discusses the work of contemporary writers Manuel Ferrard, Medardo Fraile, Camilo Jose Cela, Julio Mathias, Jose Maria Cabodevilla, and Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles. (DS)

Stylistic analysis or attribution study is a very different kind of indexing. Instead of indexing subjects, it measures such things as the frequencies of common words such as and" and the". These studies reveal a great deal about consistency, methodology, and the approaches used for documents in the humanities. (41 references) (Author/NH)

Last part of a continued article. (DS)

Argues that African blacks have not begun the serious task of creating a language that sytematically strives to express black life; that blacks have not begun to think for themselves despite African independence rhetoric, national flags and anthems, and fists raised proclaiming or celebrating power they do not have. (RJ)

Reports on the life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Samuel Gili Gaya, Emilio Romero, Begona Garcia Diego, Ramiro Pinilla, Felix Grande, and Juan Antonio Cabezas. (DS)

Reports on life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Julian Marias, Carmen Nonell, Luis Martin Santos, Luis Felipe Vivanco, Mario Lacruz, and Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez. (DS)

Discusses the novels and prose writings in English of South African authors. (DS)

Continuing series on contemporary authors in Spain. Authors treated are Narciso Alonso Cortes, Manuel Arce, Carmen Llorca, Angel Maria de Lera, Louis Jimenez, Martos and Alfonso Sastre. (DS)

Most students believe that academic materials are styled with economy, clarity, and objectivity and must therefore be to some degree dull, difficult, and unimaginative. One must simply know how to read the signs to discover the passion, emotion, and conflict of academic writing. (Author/DR)