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The Contribution of Women's Writing to the Literature and Intellectual Achievements of the Caribbean: "Moi, Tituba Sorciere" and "Amour, Colere et Folie."
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Araujo, Nara – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Explores literary universe of Caribbean women writers, discusses contributions as reflective of their self-image, and examines Caribbean literature as collective identity of region. Author explains use of writing as means of linking events that reveal experiences of Caribbean women through more detailed analysis of two novels: "Moi, Tituba…
Descriptors: Authors, Females, Feminism, Interpersonal Relationship
The Genesis and Microgenesis of Sudden Insight in the Creation of Literature.
Wallace, Doris B. – 1990
The literary field offers an especially rich array of examples of the insight phenomenon and demonstrates that insight experiences occur outside the problem-solving paradigm of cognitive science. Analysis shows that the seemingly unitary moment of insight is actually a microgenetic sequence (a rapid sequence of developmental change) deeply…
Descriptors: Authors, Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Creativity
Judy Blume and Beyond.
Hauck, Philomena – 1982
An English instructor examined 9 Judy Blume adolescent novels and interviewed 12 students (grades 6, 7, and 8) who had read the novels to look at the world as it was presented in the books and to compare the instructor's own perceptions with those of the adolescent readers. The study revealed that the books did in fact dwell on the problems of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Characterization