Lists five steps in developing a literature program for a journalism class, including knowing what you want to find in literature and sharing results of the program with other teachers. (DF)

Discusses the redesign of the sophomore literature course at Francis Marion University by an interdisciplinary team. Considers the three diverse epistemologies found in different disciplines, concluding that literary study is best pursued within the rhetorical tradition of analysis and disputation. (DMM)

Joyce's early work offers the student an opportunity to broaden his view of and experience of the world. Some learning goals are listed, followed by methodological considerations. The experiment, done in groups, is described, as are auxiliary materials and a final test. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Suggests that, while the literature chosen for study is important, the dynamics of discussion, the verbal volleying as students clarify and attempt to give form to their responses, are equally crucial. (TO)

Presents exercises to help students develop the ability to conceptualize characters. (TO)

The author supports the theory that one of the important relationships between literature and knowledge is the language of literature. (MM)

Discusses how to teach literature so that the student will most successfully retain and assimilate the information developed in the work. (RB)

Suggests several ways of teaching The Bible'' in literature classes for high school students. (Author)

Argues that student-centered education failed because teachers failed to challenge the idealist notions of their students and suggests a new course of action based on rational analysis. Comment by Harold Brent. (RB)

Distinguishes more than three modes of poetic discourse as ways in which writers interrelate the verbal presentation of vision and the artistic representation of action. (Author)

Supports teaching literature from a religious point of view. (JL)

The aged characters in Chicano literature are full of vitality, hope, creativity, and human warmth, in contrast to the portrayal of older people in English literature. The article analyzes the characterizations of older people in works by Rudolfo Anaya, Carlos Castaneda, Orlando Romero, and Sabine Ulibarri. (SB)