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Peer reviewedRoxburgh, Stephen D. – Children's Literature in Education, 1979
Examines the garden in "The Secret Garden" as an image, a metaphor, and a symbol that help readers to appreciate the levels of meaning and the narrative movement of the book. (HOD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism, Metaphors
Peer reviewedWalker, Alistair – Children's Literature in Education, 1980
Discusses the metaphorical use of landscape in three novels by William Mayne. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Literary Styles
Efferent and Aesthetic Stance: Understanding the Definition of Lois Lowry's "The Giver" as Metaphor.
Peer reviewedMenexas, Vicky – Journal of Children's Literature, 1997
Clarifies the "efferent" and "aesthetic" stance on Louise Rosenblatt's theoretical continuum by relating her model to the plot, characters, and scenes in Lois Lowry's "The Giver." Shows that Rosenblatt's view applies to the ways readers read texts and to the way characters in the texts read their text-worlds. Presents…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism, Metaphors
Claggett, Fran; Brown, Joan – 1992
Based on the premise that the primary ways individuals make sense of the world is through observation, analysis, imagination, and feeling, this work suggests that through the use of graphics, students can experience these functions as they interact with reading and writing activities. Graphics encourage students to read more closely, make visual…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Diagrams, Graphs
Download full textKelly, Patricia P., Ed.; Small, Robert C., Jr., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1987
The ways that students can learn about the nature of the English language and develop a sense of excitement about their language are explored in this focused journal issue. The titles of the essays and their authors are as follows: (1) "Language, the Forgotten Content" (R. Small and P. P. Kelly); (2) "What Should English Teachers…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Curriculum Development
