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Dowling, William C. – College English, 1987
Notes that many literature students have disliked studying eighteenth century literature and reflects on the positive effect New Criticism has had on the teaching of it. Compares Kramnick's and Pocock's views with those of the New Criticism. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education

Davis, Ken; Hutchings, William – College English, 1984
Recounts how the authors worked as dramaturgs on a production of "Equus" and their part with the director, in determining the script, the cast, and the interpretation of the work. (CRH)
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatics, Higher Education, Integrated Activities

Steinley, Gary L. – College English, 1982
Discusses "symbologizing schemata," the advanced processes by which readers comprehend narratives and the symbols embedded in literary works. Notes how teachers can apply knowledge of symbologizing schemata to instruction in literature classes. (RL)
Descriptors: College English, Critical Reading, English Instruction, Higher Education

Freedman, Carl – College English, 1981
Analyzes George Orwell's 1946 essay, "Politics and the English Language," to develop an argument about compositional pedagogy and the nature of writing itself. Points out the dangers of promulgating only the "plain style" of language usage and the paradoxical advantages of combining classical rhetoric with radical politics. (RL)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Language Styles, Language Usage

Rosenwald, Lawrence – College English, 1998
Offers a sustained linguistic analysis of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." Finds that, because Cooper's technical blunders and moral limitations are always in view, they are revelatory. Suggests that no American author has gotten more things wrong about languages; but no one has dramatized more about how languages…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Content Analysis, Higher Education

Holland, Norman N.; Schwartz, Murray – College English, 1975
A seminar devoted to explorations of the feelings of self and others, as a means of heightening responses to literature, is described. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, English Curriculum, Literary Criticism

Leonard, Harris K. – College English, 1975
Student-drawn comic strip versions of classical works stimulated discussion and appreciation. (JH)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Comics (Publications), Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction

Foulke, Robert; Hartman, Joan E. – College English, 1976
Argues the need for professors and departments of English to reach a new consensus on goals for teaching literature. (JH)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, English Departments, English Instruction, Higher Education

Thomas, Brook – College English, 1987
Reflects on the role of New Historicism in teaching literature and remarks on the lack of historical awareness in students today. Offers suggestions for connecting history, as well as other disciplines, to literature to combat currently fragmented college educations. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Higher Education, History Instruction

Winterowd, W. Ross – College English, 1983
Discusses the radical dramatism of language and the implications for writing instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Higher Education, Language Usage, Poetry

Alberti, John – College English, 1995
Looks at the use of the term "nigger" in "Huckleberry Finn" as central to the text. Regards the novel as a kind of meditation on the word "nigger" and as an attempt by Twain to explore the construction and maintenance of racial identity. Examines the present historical and pedagogical moment as part of the reception…
Descriptors: American Studies, Blacks, Educational History, Higher Education
Lawry, Jon S. – College English, 1964
Considering the plethora of annotation which accompanies John Milton's poetry, a plan of the structure of "Paradise Lost" is offered as an aid to comprehension for undergraduate students and as a teaching guide for college teachers. The poem is divided into three parts of four books each for pedagogical purposes, and major themes and…
Descriptors: Characterization, Citations (References), College Faculty, English

Johnson, Barbara; Garber, Marjorie – College English, 1987
Offers a psychoanalytically based reading of Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and points out the similarities between analysis of a text and analysis of a patient in a psychoanalysis session. (JC)
Descriptors: College English, Content Analysis, English Instruction, Literary Criticism

Jay, Gregory S. – College English, 1987
Comments upon the role of teachers in breaking down students' resistance to learning, and suggests that teachers become, not all-knowing givers of knowledge in the classroom, but persons who help students become interpreters themselves by separating themselves from their own interpretations. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College English, Educational Theories, Evaluation

Schleifer, Ronald – College English, 1987
Explains the difference between Lacanian enonce and enunciation, and how both relate to psychoanalytic and pedagogical breakthroughs. Compares teaching to language acquisition, defined as learning process of trial and error, guidance and working through where the intersubjective functions as forcefully as the cognitive. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Teaching, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation