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Levine, Suzanne Jill – Revista Iberoamericana, 1970
Descriptors: Biographies, Formal Criticism, Hispanic American Literature, Literary Influences
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Shoemaker, William H. – Hispania, 1970
Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Literary Styles, Local Color Writing, Nineteenth Century Literature
Plans, Juan Jose – Cuad Hispanoamer, 1970
Parts I and II of this work appeared in the August 1969 and September 1969 issues (n236 and n237) of "Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos." (DS)
Descriptors: Characterization, Formal Criticism, Imagination, Literary Styles
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Dauster, Frank – Books Abroad, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Hispanic American Literature, Literary Influences, Literary Styles
Tatilon, Claude – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Authors, Expressive Language, French
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Littlefield, Daniel F., Jr. – American Indian Quarterly, 1979
Some modern scholars feel that Washington Irving vacillated between romanticism and realism in his literary treatment of the American Indian. However, a study of all his works dealing with Indians, placed in context with his non-Indian works, reveals that his attitude towards Indians was intelligent and enlightened for his time. (CM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Authors, Beliefs
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Porte, Barbara Ann – Children's Literature in Education, 1980
Examines children's books by M. B. Goffstein and concludes that they illuminate the author's point of view--that there is beauty and dignity in a life of hard work to make something good, something that people can believe in. (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Literature
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Balogun, F. Odun – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Reviews three folktales and a children's novella, "Chike and the River," by the Nigerian author and compares them to his adult short stories. Observes that, aside from differences in scale or degree, the style of his children's stories is basically the same as that of his adult works. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis
Kennedy, X. J. – School Library Journal, 1991
This exploration of the two leading varieties of nonsense literature defines strict nonsense as that in which the laws of nature are suspended and replaced by new laws which the author decrees, and loose nonsense as usually comic writing about a singular unlikely event. Examples of these two types of verse in children's literature are cited. (22…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Fantasy, Fiction
Hiatt, Mary – 1977
This book maintains that, because male critics have evaluated feminine writing according to the standards of masculine style, women have received biased criticism in the past. This study attempts an objective analysis of possible differences in the published writings of men and women by considering certain critical stereotypes that have been…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cultural Images, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Cianciolo, Patricia J. – 1975
Contemporary changes in ideology and attitudes are reflected in all literature, and that written for children is no exception. This "mimetic approach" to the study of literature takes into account the influence of history on art. Although traditional themes persist, three types of modern themes are becoming increasingly prevalent in children's…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Existentialism
Sloan, Glenna Davis – 1972
This study explores the proposition that literary criticism may be an important part of the elementary school curriculum and that its practice can be informed by the theories of Northrop Frye. The study is in three parts. The first chapter of Part I argues that there is virtually no emphasis in the elementary school on the study of literature as…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, Imagination, Literacy
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Pounds, Wayne – Rhetoric Review, 1987
Discusses ways to define, describe and evaluate plain style. Provides results of T-unit and stylistic analysis of several authors, including Orwell and Swift. Distinguishes between scientific ideals of plain style as depersonalized clarity and plain style essayists' cultivation of personal voice. Applies theories of F. Christensen and J. Williams…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Language Styles, Literary Criticism
Carr, Jo – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Compares imaginatively written nonfiction children's books with textbook treatments of the same material. Finds that many nonfiction books are informational but also not excitingly written. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing
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Sadoff, Diane F. – Signs, 1985
Discusses the relationship of the Black contemporary author, Alice Walker, to folklorist Zora Neale Hurston and presents a clarification of the relationship of gender and race in a revised theory of literary influence. Argues that Black women authors sometimes misread literary forbears in order to discover and express a positive matrilineage…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Blacks
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