Argues that revisionist and ecological criticism are two different activities. Describes the differences, then proposes ecological approaches for the study of literature, rhetoric, and composition. (FL)

Argues that the formalistic study of poetry is the best preparation for the study of law because no other discipline (1) communicates so well that words are not often interchangeable, (2) concentrates as much on the effects of ambiguity in words and phrases, and (3) focuses as much on the concept of contextuality. (MM)

The study of literature need not be bound by book or classroom, but may be enhanced by observing community activities first hand. (MM)

Presidential Address, NCTE Convention, Minneapolis, November 23, 1972. (MM)

The author argues that Black English should not be accepted as standard in the classroom. (MM)

Describes an English articulation program in which a college teacher evaluates the compositions of high school students and then works closely with students, English teachers, school administrators, and parents in follow-up activities. (RL)

Uses the fields of reading and literature to illustrate the difficulty of interdisciplinary cooperation. Notes how the exchange of ideas in these fields can stimulate needed research. (RL)

Explores the trend in modern literature and criticism away from the central issues and forces of human life and the corresponding alienation and specialization of college English departments and the profession itself. Calls for a more public orientation in the teaching and criticism of literature. (HTH)

Demonstrates that the second law of thermodynamics imposes a fundamental constraint upon the process of composition; examines the consequences of this constraint for writers and teachers of writing. (DD)

Summarizes the outcomes of an interdisciplinary conference on writing held by UCLA's Writing Research Project and points out its implications for the teaching of writing in college. (DD)

When assigned to do parodies of literary works, students explore a variety of legitimate parodic relationships of significant critical interest. (DD)

Discusses the emergence of a new kind of criticism which has as its philosophical starting point the rejections of mimesis, and traces the process leading up to the development of this critical theory--a process which began in English criticism of the romantic period. (DD)