Author believes that the teacher of literature should encourage the study of modern novels and drama that will lead to realistic discussions of low life, life in the slums, and other social problems. (Author/PG)

A chronicle of the inferior images and social stereotypes of blacks as portrayed in early American drama. Through a discussion of representative plays, the development of black theatre is traced and the argument advanced that black playwrights, in responding to white stereotypes, also contributed to the perpetuation of racial myths. (EH)

This article describes how the author makes the story of "Don Quixote de la Mancha" come alive to fifth graders in her Spanish class. She rewrote several scenes from the novel into short plays that were appropriate to the students' interests and to their novice-high proficiency level. The author chose a combination of scenes that offer…

In its analysis of the reality presented in Harold Pinter's television play, the article bases itself on the pupils' everyday experience and demonstrates that the significance of the dramatic reality appears only with the interaction of text and recipient. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This paper presents a pedagogical approach to leadership education that takes experiential learning to the next level of faculty-student interaction and experience. Dramaturgical teaching involves the instructor displaying the leadership style(s) in and out of the classroom so that students experience the leadership style while learning about it.…

The guide suggests ways to incorporate arts activities into the curriculum for severely and profoundly handicapped students. The guide was developed through the work of visiting art teams consisting of artists in music, visual arts, dance/movement, and drama. The resulting guide was field tested at five sites. Activities are aimed at three levels…

The manual presents nine workshop formats in dance, music, visual arts, and drama designed to introduce special education teachers to the value of arts for the handicapped. Each workshop begins with a brief introduction, describes activities that may be adapted to the classroom and to special populations, and explains the activities' purposes and…

The shaping of social reality has become the task of the mass media due to the fact that audience members base interaction and social judgments upon the information they process from the mass media. Theorists have developed various paradigms linking individual media use and interpersonal communication with cultural effects and mass media. Although…

Dramatic texts are an ideal pedagogical tool for clarifying certain aspects of communication such as authorial stance, point of view, role, persona, impersonation, ethos, shared communal values, cultural assumptions, genre expectations, audience, performance, dialogue, and enactment. Using dramatic texts in a composition class can broaden student…

The eight English language arts programs in the six Florida public schools included among the 150 Centers of Excellence in English selected by the National Council of Teachers of English are described in this focused journal issue. Following an introductory essay by coeditor Edward Deluzain describing the Centers of Excellence selection procedure,…

One in a series of instructional units designed for gifted students, the paper describes a high school curriculum that examines the Greek theatre as a reflection of Greek society. The unit is designed to provide academic substance while developing higher level critical thinking skills. Following a brief introduction on the integration of theatre…

Intended for students in Afro-American drama and literature classes, this selected bibliography lists in alphabetical order plays by and about blacks. Each of the annotations for the approximately 500 selections provides a brief description of the play, number of acts or scenes, year published, number of characters, year first produced, and…

One problem confronting theater directors is how to revive a play in such a way as to give it new relevance to a contemporary audience, and there many unhappy examples of this dilemma. Each director is concerned with exploring the text, and in some cases, manipulating the content, in order to bring out new meanings. Whether controversial or…

Attempts to find exclusively Elizabethan solutions to the human problems in Shakespeare's plays often lead us to deny our own responses. (JH)

Separated into 3 sections, this bibliography covers literature, drama, prose, and poetry (from 1965 to 1972) pertaining to Chicanos and La Raza. To obtain this material, all Chicano journals, newspapers, bulletins, and newsletters published in the Southwest were reviewed. Topics range from police brutality to the Vietnam War. The appendix gives…