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Eyler, Audrey S. – ADE Bulletin, 1989
Responds to E. D. Hirsch's "Cultural Literacy" and Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind," confronting questions of teaching values through literature. Argues that while teachers should deplore societal tyrannies, they can endorse the list proposed by Hirsch and allow students to develop their own responses to items…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Reader Response, Student Attitudes
Swardson, H. R. – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Discusses the problem of criticizing students' interpretations of poetry. Argues that faulty interpretations should only be ignored for artistic reasons, but should be called mistakes for factual and experiential reasons. (MM)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Poetry
Bogdan, Deanne – ADE Bulletin, 1989
Ruminates on and analyzes the author's experiences in teaching the first course in women's literature and feminist criticism at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Asserts that the course brought to consciousness the author's femininity, feminism, and a new understanding of feminist criticism. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Feminism, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
