A discussion of the dramas of the Norwegian novelist-playwright Knut Hamsun YKnutPedersenI (1859-1952). (RD)

Author quotes O'Connor's defense of her frequent use of poor people as fictional characters; a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor/SW)

An essay which grew out of a paper presented at Forum on the Status of Women in the Profession at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

Discusses Hemingway's use of animals and animal imagery, in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," as a standard against which to measure and evaluate his human actors." (Author/RD)

Examines Conrad's use of symbolism, imagery, and characterization to illustrate his association of blackness with evil and inferiority. (BE)

Describes a number of techniques employed by the Greek mythographers in the reconstruction of ancient myths to appear as if the male Olympian deities and the patriarchal social order that they modeled were both of vast antiquity, even autochthonic. (HOD)

Notes that Black women writers of the 70s were writing about a new woman with a consistently heroic and articulate voice, and suggests that critics, especially feminist critics, should take note. Provides examples of characters from the works of Black women writers. (MKM)

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)

Uses the example of Samuel Richardson's readers' responses to his characters as "real" to illustrate the importance of readers' attitudes toward book characters. (DD)

Literature offers an unusually rich store of fictional characters from which all educators can learn much. Sherlock Holmes constitutes a model whose personal characteristics, love of truth, concern for his fellow man, and teaching ability exemplify the best in pedagogy. (Author)

A discussion of physical and psychological barriers faced by characters in children's books. (DD)

Discusses the idea that Flannery O'Connor presents Black characters not as people but as "issues" who never change and never are explored on more than a superficial level. (JM)

Suggests American screenwriters experiment with the lighting, colors, perspectives, angles, and positioning of images in works of art to generate narrative. Argues that American screenwriters, unlike European counterparts, unnecessarily adhere to the concept that characterization is essential to generate narrative. (KEH)