Analyzes the fourteenth century English poem "Patience" as a commentary on society's reactions to the crises of the latter half of that century. (TO)

Examines the roots of the modern language arts curriculum in Canada. Claims it is based on nineteenth-century interdependence of studies in rhetoric, history of the English language, and literature. And asserts that this curriculum was designed to develop rhetorical and critical sophistication. (JK)

Explores the role of word sounds in the compositional process and investigates whether the reader's responses to the sound structure need to be adjusted if that structure's influence on the emerging meaning is significant. (MM)

Comments on the design of a novel's cover, "The Cure for Death by Lightning," and how it mirrors what is inside the book--it recreates a scrapbook belonging to the adolescent protagonist's mother. Finds the use of color and baking smells significant in the novel. States that the protagonist eventually realizes she needs a scrapbook of…

Describes a technique for teaching poetry that stresses the importance of students' awareness of the creative devices used by the poet. (RB)

Analyzes Bob Dylan's music in terms of its similarity with the themes and imagery found in the works of T. S. Eliot, concluding that Dylan should be accepted as an important literary figure. (RB)

The contents of this paper represents a search for interpretations of the Canadian Indians as made by novelists, poets and dramatists. It shows how attitudes to the native have flowed from the realistic to the idealistic and back again and how studying the Indians can help the Canadian writer find himself. (Author/RR)

Considers reasons for studying Canadian literature. Notes the relative infancy of Canadian literature and the need for maintaining objectivity in the study of Canadian literature. Proposes that teachers of Canadian literature focus on individual, contemporary works, examining language, form, and craftsmanship. (RL)

The complex irony of Act III, Scene i, of "Richard II" indicates how Shakespeare directs audience response in the play. Understanding this process of directed response--a dialectic of alternatives--illustrates that a meaningful standard of kingship is not provided in the play by either Richard or Bolingbroke. (RL)

Explains that queer theory is important for anyone interested in critically inquiring into how human experience is organized and represented. Notes that queer theory has come to represent how any named category cannot adequately represent the fullness or the complexity of human experience. Concludes that educators can use queer theory to think…

Suggests that the idea of maturation of the innocent through the tutelage of an experienced adult has been a mainstay in literature. Discusses how each of the parents from the novels "American Pastoral,""The House Gun," and "Disgrace" protests in a private or public way in order to reclaim his/her child. (RS)

Outlines eleven specific methods by which poetry can be taught so that the intrinsic questions are raised and the essential experience of the poem achieved. (RB)

Analyzes the reasons for teaching English in Canadian schools, viewing the arguments both for and against it. (RB)

Defines rhetoric and describes and illustrates conflicting attitudes toward language and the art of rhetoric. States that since rhetoric was the art that brought people together and that taught people not only how to survive but also to live well, the rhetorical tradition is worth rehabilitating. (EL)

Presents a method of teaching poetry that harmoniously combines the study of the content and the structure. (TO)