Identifies a sexist bias against female teachers in several essays about racial bias in language instruction and suggests that students actually prefer female English teachrs, according to an informal student survey. (DD)

Describes an assignment for an argumentation paper which helps students define their own position on controversial topics. (DD)

A weekly letter to the class gives each student in a literature class a chance to uncover their relationship to what they are reading. (DD)

Criticizes R. Scholes' application of French semiotics, clarifies C. Peirce's and F. Saussure's concepts of semiotics as applied to cultural semiotics, examines the Internal Field of Reference, and asserts an interpretive relationship between cultural text and episteme. Discusses intertextuality and concludes great implications for literary study…

Analyzes the banquet scene in Blake's poem, arguing that it embodies his dialectic art at its best. (FL)

The author discusses the validity of various approaches to, and interpretations of, a literary work. (MM)

The author discusses a visit Saul Bellow paid to his class on the contemporary American novel. (MM)

Explores in personal terms the perplexing connections among psychoanalytic theory, literary criticism, and social history. Tentatively concludes that psychoanalytic concepts need to go beyond theories of repression to models that equally emphasize social responsiveness and self-construction. (JL)

Satirizes college English instruction, specifically "catchy" composition programs and the relevant grant awards and job placement of graduate students. (JM)

Students' use of "I think" and its variants when writing about literature reflects an avoidance of close observation of the literary text. (DD)

Examines how training in literature improves the vocational skills of English majors and discusses how teaching and counseling may improve these skills. (DD)

Defines "literature" as including such expository works as "The Theory of the Leisure Class" and "The Lonely Crowd" and encourages development of college courses in expository modes of writing. (DD)

Some editors do not manage their journals and university presses competently, at the expense of those submitting articles; graduate students should be taught the facts of academic publishing. (DD)