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Peer reviewedAdams, Kenneth – Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Epics, History, Medieval Literature
Peer reviewedClarke, Dorothy Clotelle – Hispanic Review, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Literary Influences, Medieval Literature, Mythology
Peer reviewedSturm, Sara – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Epics, French Literature
Peer reviewedMiller, Royce W. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Ballads, Characterization, Jews, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedRogers, Edith – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Formal Criticism, Medieval Literature, Motifs
Peer reviewedJones, George Fenwick – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Biographies, Characterization, Epics, French Literature
Peer reviewedNeedler, H. I. – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Allegory, Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Christianity
Peer reviewedBrown, Merle E. – Italica, 1971
Study supported by a travel grant from the American Philosophical Society. (DS)
Descriptors: Allegory, Characterization, Formal Criticism, Italian Literature
Peer reviewedLebano, Edoardo A. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Christianity, Dialogs (Literary), Fifteenth Century Literature
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This lesson plan highlights one episode in the "Divine Comedy" to provide students with an introduction to Dante's poem. After a brief introduction to the opening of the "Divine Comedy," which portrays Dante as a pilgrim guided by the poet Virgil on a journey through the Christian afterlife toward God, students read Canto 5 of…
Descriptors: Characterization, High Schools, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
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This lesson introduces students to one of the most admired characterizations in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the Wife of Bath. Students read Chaucer's description of the Wife in the "General Prologue" to consider how he represents her, both as the poet of "The Canterbury Tales" and as a character in his own poem,…
Descriptors: Characterization, Chronicles, English Literature, Language Arts
Brew, Trevor – Opinion, The Journal of the South Australian English Teachers' Assn., 1967
The teacher can sucessfully present Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" to 11th- and 12th-grade students by concentrating on "The Prologue" and one of the tales--e.g., "The Pardoner's Tale." The structure and plan of the entire work, however, should first be considered before its various parts can be fully understood.…
Descriptors: Characterization, English Instruction, English Literature, Figurative Language
