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Olson, Barbara V. – Elem Engl, 1970
Discussion of the life of Mrs. Norton and of her series of books featuring the "Borrowers, tiny creatures of her creation. (RD)
Descriptors: Authors, Book Reviews, Books, Characterization
Denby, Robert V. – Engl J, 1970
A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic. (Author)
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, Fiction, Literary Criticism
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Chatham, James R.; Ruiz-Fornells, Enrique – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Issue devoted to the teaching of foreign literatures in the language classroom. (DS)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Study
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Eastman, Richard M. – College English, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Criteria, Economic Factors, Evaluation
Bruns, Gerald L. – Coll Engl, 1970
Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) in Denver, Colorado, December 26-30, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: English, Figurative Language, Formal Criticism, Language Patterns
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Tietze, Edna – English Quarterly, 1970
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading, Literary Criticism
Macaree, David – Engl Quart, 1970
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, English Curriculum, Literary Criticism, Literary Discrimination
Dudek, Louis – Engl Quart, 1970
Argues that teaching literature is interpreting literature and that, consequently, the position that literature should only be experienced" is unrealistic in any instructional setting. (RD)
Descriptors: Allegory, Art, Imagery, Interpretive Reading
Bereit, Virginia F. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Literary Criticism
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Flynn, Elizabeth A. – College English, 1983
Reports the results of a pilot study conducted to determine the effect of the gender of college students on their responses to three short stories. Concludes that male students react to disturbing stories by rejecting or dominating them while female students more often achieve critical detachment. (JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Emotional Response, Females
Purves, Alan C. – ADE Bulletin, 1982
Offers examples of ways that college and university departments of English can broaden students' capabilities as readers and critics. (AEA)
Descriptors: College Students, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
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Ong, Walter J. – Journal of Communication, 1981
A student during McLuhan's early days of teaching at Saint Louis University analyzes the qualities that made him a superb and influential teacher. Recalls that his teaching of literature conveyed a sense of its moral and social relevance and the historicity of the present. (PD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, History, Literary Criticism
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Ross, Charles S. – Journal of General Education, 1981
Discusses the themes used in "The Right Stuff," Tom Wolfe's story of the seven astronauts in the Mercury program. Reviews Wolfe's rhetorical and literary techniques used to enlarge reality and create a heroic mode. (DMM)
Descriptors: Life Style, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Literary Styles
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1980
By classifying questions asked into categories of form, content, and affect, this analysis interprets Alan Purves' 1979 reanalysis of student responses to literature in a 1973 study. Notes that students emphasized form when viewing literature in the abstract, but that they looked at individual stories in terms of content and affect. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Critical Reading, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism
Cooper, Susan – Horn Book Magazine, 1980
Analyzes the special qualities of a number of books (especially Walter de la Mare's "Come Hither") that have delighted the author as a child and as an adult. Pinpoints three qualities: a "tough" story, precise language, and creative imagery. (GT)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Emotional Response, Imagery
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