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Peer reviewedNugent, Susan Monroe – English Journal, 1986
Examines the effects of catalytic, symbolic, antagonistic, and melding New England settings as they reveal conflicts of values in fiction. (JK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedThuente, Mary Helen – English Journal, 1985
Reviews "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by E. Speare to show how the full narrative power of the novel derives from the author's successful integration of two separate narrative genres: historical fiction and the folktale. (EL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, Folk Culture, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHartvigsen, M. Kip; Hartvigsen, Christen Brog – English Journal, 1985
Reviews Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die," pointing out the values of a courageous display of duty to others and to tasks at hand, and a vision that appreciates the natural order of life. (EL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, Fiction, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedWheelock, C. Webster – English Journal, 1985
Suggests that the theme of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is an oxymoron linking the two apparently contradictory ideas of death and sexual love. (RBW)
Descriptors: Death, Drama, English Instruction, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedSerfilippi, Rosemary C. – English Journal, 1985
Describes the difficulties in finding a balance between the masculine and feminine within one's self and the world. (CRH)
Descriptors: Drama, Films, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedWoodman, Leonora – English Journal, 1973
Illustrates how a linguistic analysis of Hemingway's prose style can be appealing to a student by being precise instead of vague and being a procedure. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedGaumann, Gladys Valcourt – English Journal, 1973
Author argues that the examination of old strains in new ballads should be the starting point in teaching the Tudor-Stuart period in literature and discusses various approaches to teaching the ballad. (MM)
Descriptors: Ballads, English Instruction, English Literature, Folk Culture
Peer reviewedFriedman, Ruben – English Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Drama, Existentialism, Fiction
Peer reviewedFrank, Yakira H. – English Journal, 1972
The author asserts that by integrating literature and language, students will gain deeper insights into both areas. (Author/LF)
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts, Language Usage, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedRichmond, Lee J. – English Journal, 1971
Examines the symbolism and theme of Eudora Welty's Petrified Man" and finds the most pitiless indictment of the venal spirit of modern civilization. (Author)
Descriptors: Characterization, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres
Peer reviewedKelly, Robert L. – English Journal, 1971
Discusses the story, The Witch", and explains that the story is a devilish puzzle which defies rigid interpretation but openly invites complacent students to sift, sort, and contest tidbits of evidence. Suggests how this can be done. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Characterization, Creative Activities, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres
Peer reviewedD'Ambrosio, Michael A. – English Journal, 1970
Discusses the relevance of two Lewis Carroll novels to the lives of 20th century adolescents when interpreted as satiric views of adulthood and society. (RD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Literature, High School Students, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHarvey, Robert C. – English Journal, 1970
Rability of acquiring good English" as using it to forge the very chains he wrote the play to break." (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Usage
Peer reviewedShuman, R. Baird – English Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Individual Development, Literary Criticism, Maturation
Peer reviewedDrake, Phyllis – English Journal, 1970
Compares selected aspects of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey" with Homer's The Odyssey." (SW)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, Epics
