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Download full textLasser, Michael L. – English Record, 1969
Comedy is the middle ground upon which the absurd and the serious meet. Concerned with illuminating pain, human imperfection, and man's failure to measure up to his own or the world's concept of perfection, comedy provides "an escape, not from truth but from despair." If tragedy says that some ideals are worth dying for, comedy asserts…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comedy, Drama, English Instruction
Peer reviewedLong, Maxine M., Ed.; McCleary, William J., Ed. – English Record, 1982
The study and teaching of literature is the emphasis of this special journal issue. The nine articles included in the issue discuss the following: (1) time and social class in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," (2) Robert Frost's "Yankee Ironist," (3) an approach to teaching "Moby Dick," (4) using games to review…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Educational Games, English Instruction, English Literature
