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Kennedy, James G. – College English, 1972
Discusses the class character and world view of Native Son'' and comments on the plot and subplot of the novel. Comment by Annette Conn. (RB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Content Analysis, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
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Sayre, Robert F. – College English, 1971
A discussion of what Black Elk Speaks" reveals about the social functions of prophecy." (Author/RD)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Autobiographies, Imagery, Literary Criticism
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Eastman, Richard M. – College English, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Criteria, Economic Factors, Evaluation
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Pratt, Annis – College English, 1971
A revision of a paper presented at Workshop on Feminist Literature and Feminine Consciousness at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Literature, Females, Literary Criticism
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Ramsey, Roger – College English, 1971
Critically analyzes teachers' manuals for college literature anthologies. (SW)
Descriptors: Anthologies, Bibliographies, College Instruction, Educational Media
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Flynn, Elizabeth A. – College English, 1983
Reports the results of a pilot study conducted to determine the effect of the gender of college students on their responses to three short stories. Concludes that male students react to disturbing stories by rejecting or dominating them while female students more often achieve critical detachment. (JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Emotional Response, Females
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Spatz, Lois S. – College English, 1982
Describes how the discussion of a few short poems on abortion was used to show how the special language of poetry can help doctors share the experience of their patients, as well as recognize their own feelings and attitudes. (JL)
Descriptors: Abortions, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literary Criticism
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French, R. W. – College English, 1982
Points out the problems and potential of teaching the Bible as literature. (JL)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, College English, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Wallace, Ronald – College English, 1981
Suggests ways of getting students involved in the study of poetry: (1) showing how poetic elements appear in everyday life, (2) using demonstrations and gimmicks to generate enthusiasm, (3) starting with contemporary poetry before examining the "classics" and "masterpieces," and (4) having students practice writing poems. (RL)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Imagery, Language Patterns
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Elliott, Thomas J. – College English, 1980
Explains why the American views of optimism and progress are impediments to the teaching of literature. Tells how the teaching of tragic fiction can help students deal with important philosophical and aesthetic issues. (RL)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Fiction, Higher Education, Humanistic Education
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Schultz, Elizabeth A. – College English, 1979
Recent Afro-American initiation novels stressing the community as the source of life stand in antithesis to novels by Black and White Americans describing a life of isolation, negation, and alienation. (DD)
Descriptors: Black Literature, Community, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
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Gohlke, Madelon S. – College English, 1980
Reconstructs the childhood experience of reading "The Secret Garden." Relates the circumstances of that experience to thoughts about transactional criticism, human intellectual development, bibliotherapy, and psychotherapy. (JT)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Experience, Enrichment
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Eddins, Dwight – College English, 1989
Argues that students and teachers of literature should begin the study of literary texts with the emotional immediacies and humanistic sympathies that the texts evoke, rather than with an examination of literary critical theories. (MM)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Philosophy, Emotional Response, Higher Education
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Roy, Alice – College English, 1995
Provides discussion and critical analysis of the critical terms "inclusivity" and "inclusion" as they are being used more and more often by colleges and administrative task forces. Analyzes the choice between inclusion and inclusivity by drawing upon the rhetorical theories of Kenneth Burke. (HB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Modes, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Jay, Gregory S. – College English, 1994
Discusses the "crisis in representation" experienced in the humanities since the 1960s. Considers the relationship of academic knowledge to political power in terms of an ongoing struggle for representation. Recognizes higher education as a leading agent in redistributing access to representation in the public sphere. (HB)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Philosophy, English Instruction, Epistemology
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