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Wolk, Anthony – College English, 1975
Nonsensical statements about the inferiority of non-standard English should be revealed as nonsense by linguistic analysis--there being no point in marshalling empirical evidence to refute meaningless propositions.
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Black Dialects, Black Students, Cognitive Processes

Carafiol, Peter – College English, 1988
Asserts that rigorous historicism might change the following: (1) American literary study, by dropping the traditional nationalist project; (2) the notion of canon, by abandoning it; (3) and the institutional structure that supports academic literary criticism, by interrogating current critical conversation and, by recuperating its history,…
Descriptors: American Studies, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Literary Criticism

Nicholson, Mervyn – College English, 1988
Asserts that the act of visualizing is of vital importance in interpreting Wallace Stevens' poetry. Examines Stevens' use of "riddling" (using metaphors to create poetic riddles) as a literary device in several of his poems. (MM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Reading, Imagery, Imagination

Newkirk, Thomas – College English, 1984
Describes an approach to teaching introductory college literature courses that allows students to engage text directly without help from critical analysis papers and to express feelings of frustration, confusion, and anger in deciphering the meaning of the text. Points up ways in which the text gives rise to comprehension difficulties. (RBW)
Descriptors: College English, Critical Reading, English Instruction, Higher Education

Cary, Meredith – College English, 1976
Describes a course on literature for women's studies. (DD)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English Instruction, Feminism, Higher Education

Steinman, Martin, Jr. – College English, 1973
The author supports the theory that one of the important relationships between literature and knowledge is the language of literature. (MM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Objectives, English Curriculum, English Instruction

Bleich, David – College English, 1971
Discusses how to teach literature so that the student will most successfully retain and assimilate the information developed in the work. (RB)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Inquiry, Language Arts, Learning Experience

Harold, Brent – College English, 1972
Argues that student-centered education failed because teachers failed to challenge the idealist notions of their students and suggests a new course of action based on rational analysis. Comment by Harold Brent. (RB)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Content Analysis, Literary Criticism

Cantarow, Ellen – College English, 1972
According to Marxist Theory, allegory existed to reflect and reinforce what were held to be proper relationships between the feudal and renaissance ruling class ideologies. Comment by Nancy Hoffman. (RB)
Descriptors: Allegory, College Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literary History

Linderberger, Herbert – College English, 1972
What we seek out and note in earlier literature is what is most prominent, satisfying, and comprehensible to the contemporary imagination. (RB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, English Instruction, English Literature, Literary Criticism

Suvin, Darko – College English, 1972
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Instruction, Cultural Awareness, English Instruction

Hernadi, Paul – College English, 1971
Distinguishes more than three modes of poetic discourse as ways in which writers interrelate the verbal presentation of vision and the artistic representation of action. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Linguistic Theory

Ford, Nick Aaron – College English, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at Conference on Comparative Literature (4th, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 16-17, 1970). (Editor/RD)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Literature, Censorship, Creative Expression

Ashmead, John, Jr. – College English, 1971
A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor/RD)
Descriptors: Bias, Black Literature, Class Attitudes, College Instruction

Porter, Dennis – College English, 1977
A critical analysis of the time, space, and language of television soap operas. (DD)
Descriptors: American Culture, Analytical Criticism, Commercial Television, Higher Education