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Miller, Melvin H. – 1977
In both speaking and writing, the goal is communication with the intended audience. Rejecting the view that rhetoric is based on an established set of conventions, this article examines the writings of Charles Dickens as models of rhetorical expression. Passages from Dicken's novels illustrate how the writer violated grammatical rules and broke…
Descriptors: Characterization, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Fiction
Peer reviewedMcGillis, R. F. – Children's Literature in Education, 1986
Offers a stimulating discussion of fancy and reality in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Humor
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This lesson plan complements study of plot and characterization in "Romeo and Juliet" by focusing on Shakespeare's use of lyric forms and conventions to spotlight moments in the drama and thereby heightens the impact of the action on the stage. Students look first at the sonnet in which Romeo and Juliet meet, analyzing the imagery to…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Drama, English Instruction
Hellweg, John D.; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1979
The precision and poetic logic of the language used by Anton Chekhov in his plays, particularly "The Sea Gull," can be explored through an analysis of his use of dialogue, characterization, and imagery. Measuring the nature of a relationship, rather than providing a direct literal interchange, the dialogue is both social, when individual…
Descriptors: Characterization, Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialogs (Literary), Drama
Hewitt, Douglas – 1972
This book considers the right and the wrong ways to approach different types of novels. Trollope's "The Way We Live Now" is the starting point for chapters dealing with the conventions of realism as they are revealed in the presentation of characters, in the novelists' language, and in the tension between the autonomy of character and the demands…
Descriptors: Characterization, English, Language Usage, Literary Criticism
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the ethics of violence as political strategy in contempory drama; (2) the history of Italian-American theatre from 1900 to 1905; (3) the development of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Characterization, Content Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed.; Quinn, Laura, Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1986
The articles in this focused journal issue discuss women authors and examine female images in English and American literature. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Margaret Fuller and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Rhetoric and the Shape of Learning" (Susan Lundvall Brodie); (2) "Feminist Psychology through…
Descriptors: Authors, Autobiographies, Characterization, English Literature
