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Leitch, Vincent B. – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Explores the relationship between literary criticism and ethics by analyzing two shifts regarding ethics in literary criticism: (1) a taboo against engaging in ethical criticism, encouraged during the 1930s to 1950s; and (2) the undermining of that taboo, caused by the eruption of social problems concerning race, sex, and class. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Higher Education
Culler, Jonathan – ADE Bulletin, 1979
Suggests ways to give literary theory its rightful place in literary study by teaching psychoanalytic, literary, and philosophical texts in a comparative perspective. (DD)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Sabin, Margery – ADE Bulletin, 1997
Advocates a more clearly defined place for literary reading in interdisciplinary studies. Defines "interdisciplinary" as implying dialogues across borders. States that literary study has in the past distinguished itself from the social sciences by allowing more space for the language of texts to "talk back." Discusses a 1925 historical essay, "The…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English Literature, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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
Park, Clara Claiborne – ADE Bulletin, 1991
Urges teachers of literature to respect and honor the simplicity of the common reader, marginalized among the experts. Advocates a kind of reading that includes them and does not undermine their confidence in themselves as readers and in the text as readable. Urges teachers to render simplicity more complex and to rejoin the common reader. (SR)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Spengemann, William C. – ADE Bulletin, 1991
Discusses the idea of national literature, contemporary problems with its definition, and its history. Discusses various models of national literature. (PRA)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary History
Rosenthal, M. L. – ADE Bulletin, 1975
Argues that the individual literary work should be the first and last concern in the study of literature at the graduate level. (RB)
Descriptors: College Programs, English Instruction, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Nelson, Cary – ADE Bulletin, 1986
Argues that when a body of theory ceases to be in crisis and no longer has to struggle to define its enterprise, it is no longer theory. Discusses the status of theory in the field of English. (SRT)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Literary Criticism
Herz, Judith Scherer – ADE Bulletin, 1993
Argues that literary theory is a fact of professional life in English departments and that differences of intellectual concern will always remain. Discusses what should be the object of critical analysis, and questions whether answering such a question is even possible. (HB)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education
Waller, Gary – ADE Bulletin, 1993
Outlines three ways that literary theory has been brought into the English classroom over the past decade. Describes in detail the innovative model for curricular change used by the English department at Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980s. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Hall, Ann C. – ADE Bulletin, 1999
Describes the experiences of a dramaturge (who researchers a play's history and themes and presents that information in educational contexts) who worked at a professional theatre. Notes that the job offered her the opportunity to do research, teach, and even publish. Suggests that her experiences as a dramaturge enhanced her skills as a teacher,…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Higher Education, Job Skills, Labor Market
Gay, Carol – ADE Bulletin, 1975
Suggests that the English profession should take another look at children's literature as an important area for further study. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, English Instruction, Higher Education
Wright, George T. – ADE Bulletin, 1984
Discusses three strands in the general area of the "crisis in English studies": the notion of generic "man" and the study of humanities, the idea of literature as a tradition, and the sacredness of text. (AEA)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Pondrom, Cyrena N. – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Argues that literary history and estimations of literary value are inseparable and that their connection has import for debate on the contents of the literary canon. Suggests possible requirements for developing a feminist theory and practice of evaluation. (SR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, English Departments, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Taylor, Mary Agnes – ADE Bulletin, 1978
Discusses the exclusion of studies in children's literature from the college English curriculum and suggests benefits to English departments of offering courses on children's literature. (GW)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, English Curriculum