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Dumortier, J. L. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1976
This article discusses various philosophies and ways of approaching literature, specifically with regard to the teaching of literature. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Philosophy, French Literature, Literary Criticism

Turner, Chris – School Leadership & Management, 2003
Critical analysis of literature dealing with theory, policy, and empirical research on subject leaders in secondary schools in England and Wales. (Contains 47 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Policy, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
Stotsky, Sandra – American Educator, 1995
A major problem in contemporary secondary school anthologies is the lack of discussion about the acculturating experiences of the dozens of European ethnic groups that have been migrating to this country for centuries. Criteria are proposed for selecting titles in European ethnic literature for students, and some titles are suggested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Criteria, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants

Salvio, Paula M. – English Quarterly, 1995
Explains how female preservice teachers describe their covert reading histories in assigned autobiographical narratives. Uses textual devices borrowed from Bertolt Brecht to show how preservice teachers can critically analyze the assumptions underlying their understanding of their early reading experiences. (TB)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Females, Feminism, Higher Education

Sullivan, Patrick – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2002
Proposes that responsible reading and literary criticism must begin with an understanding that communicating with language--and particularly with the language found in literary text--poses many challenges, and that the art of literary interpretation must always be informed with a deep respect for the complexities posed by language, culture, and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Higher Education
Zapata, Gabriela C. – Language Awareness, 2005
This paper investigates the development of L2 Spanish students' cultural awareness through the teaching of literature by the application of the method Focus-on-Cultural Understanding. The paper partially reports on a one-semester study in which 17 intermediate L2 Spanish students at a state university in Midwestern US were exposed to a variety of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Criticism, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction
Pace, Barbara G. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
The study described in this article intended to discover how social processes can influence literary understandings and the development of critical readings of literature in the public space of a classroom. The author draws on Bakhtin's notion of "ideological becoming" to consider how dialogic exchanges focused on works of literature can support…
Descriptors: Ideology, Literature, Critical Reading, Literary Criticism
Sauve, Diane, Comp. – 1994
This annotated bibliography is an introduction to reference material in Western languages on women's writers, women in literature, and feminist literary criticism available in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at McGill University in Montreal. The titles cover a wide variety of national, cultural and linguistic groups within all…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Authors, Females, Feminism
Anderson, William – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Books, Elementary School Curriculum, English Instruction, Fables
Lester, Mark – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Rhythm, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Miller, Susan – 1981
Competing views of written texts, of the process of writing, and of the purposes of the scholarly investigation of written discourse appear inherently at odds. Today composition theory is often demeaned as being only pedagogical while literary study is granted the status of a self-fulfilling academic pursuit. What is needed is a model or matrix…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interaction, Literary Criticism
McLean, Andrew M. – 1980
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to identify resources for the variety of approaches that teachers of courses in Shakespeare might use. Entries in the first part of the book deal with teaching Shakespeare in secondary schools and in college, teaching Shakespeare as performance, and teaching Shakespeare with other authors. Entries in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Drama, English Instruction
GORRELL, ROBERT M., ED. – 1967
THESE 14 PAPERS EMPHASIZE THE VARIETY OF CURRENT THOUGHT ABOUT RHETORIC AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH MODERN RHETORIC IS EXPLOITING NEW INFORMATION AND RESEARCH. THE EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION DEFINES THE RECENTLY REVIVED ART OF RHETORIC IN TERMS OF ITS PURPOSES AND TYPES, AND THE PAPERS THEMSELVES DEMONSTRATE THAT MUCH OF WHAT IS NOW HERALDED AS NEW IN THE…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language, Literary Criticism
Smith, Barbara Herrnstein – 1979
This centrally focused collection of articles and lectures examines literary interpretation and the relation of literature to language. The first of the book's three parts introduces the distinction between natural discourse and fictive discourse (verbal structures that function as representatives of natural utterances). It also deals with the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Fiction, Language Role
Verner, Zenobia, Ed. – English in Texas, 1977
This issue provides a selection of articles about literature and the teaching of literature. Titles include "Sin, Salvation, and Grace in 'The Scarlet Letter,'""'The Road Not Taken': A Study in Ambiguity,""In Search of Shakespeare: The Essential Years,""Right Deeds for Wrong Reasons: Teaching the Bible as…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Elective Courses, English Instruction, Higher Education