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Lasser, Michael L. – English Record, 1970
The English teacher should have two aims: to help his students appreciate the literary values contained in literary works and to help them read with sensitivity and sophistication so that they will want to read. Consequently, the teacher who concentrates on making contemporary applications of literary works instead of dealing with the literary…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Content Analysis, Creative Reading, Drama
Redd, Virginia P. – 1973
This paper suggests basic points of literary and historical background necessary for the study of African literature and provides an annotated bibliography of literary and historical references. The first part of the paper lists threads of historical significance often found in African literature: the division of Africa into colonies in the…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Literature, Annotated Bibliographies
Livingston, James T. – 1971
Derek Walcott is the major voice of the Caribbean naissance. His strength lies in the creative tension between the particularity of his Caribbean setting and the universalities of his theme and style. His stylistic influences and allusions resemble those of Donne, Marvell, Yeats, Hopkins, Pound, Ransom, Spender, Lowell, and Graves. Passages of his…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, Literary Influences, Literary Styles
Henze, Mary Vance – 1972
This study undertook to determine (1) whether teaching sixth grade children elements of style would increase their pleasure in listening to "The Hobbit," (2) whether children who learned the most about style would respond the most positively to Tolkien's style, and (3) what children's preferences would be for selected examples of Tolkien's style.…
Descriptors: English Literature, Grade 6, Listening, Literary Criticism
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Stein, Agnes – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Literature
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Carlson, A. Cheree – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1988
Shows how the rhetoric of selected woman humorists from 1820 to 1880 exemplifies the operation of various comic literary reference frames. Asserts that their comic frame disintegrated because these writers were unable to foster identification between females and males and failed to provide a world view that could accommodate social change. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Authors, Comedy, Females
Hale, Robert D. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Suggests that satisfied readers write to the authors whose books they have enjoyed. Discusses Arnold Lobel, a much admired children's author, and proceeds to send him a fan letter. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing
Sutton, Roger – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Examines Rosemary Wells's "None of the Above," a young adult novel of despair, whose bitterness arises from the choices young people face in the dreary contemporary world. (NKA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Characterization
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Fennick, Ruth – English Journal, 1985
Analyzes Flannery O'Connor's early short story "The Crop" and relates its thematic struture and characterization to her later work. (RBW)
Descriptors: Characterization, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres, Literary Styles
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Allen, John R. – French Review, 1974
Descriptors: Authors, Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Identification
Flores, Felix Gabriel – Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 1972
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Hispanic American Literature, Imagery, Impressionistic Criticism
Brueziere, Maurice – Francais dans le Monde, 1972
Descriptors: Allegory, Critical Reading, Cultural Context, Formal Criticism
Spain Today, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Formal Criticism, Literary Influences
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Perez de la Dehesa, Rafael – Hispanic Review, 1971
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, French Literature, Literary Influences, Literary Styles
Kent, George E. – Black World, 1971
Conclusion of a critical review of the works of the poetess by a professor of English at the University of Chicago. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Literature, Critical Reading, Literary Criticism
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