Discussed the study of literature as a means of understanding the techniques of literature as well as helping students to understand themselves. (Author/RK)

Suggestions for using Dead Souls" in the high school literature class. (SP)

Sequence must be decided by (1) identifying clearly a goal toward which students should progress" and (2) determining the experiences and the subject matter that will cause a student to move toward it." (Author/RD)

Suggests ways to give literary theory its rightful place in literary study by teaching psychoanalytic, literary, and philosophical texts in a comparative perspective. (DD)

Discusses the role of literature in the English curriculum and the problems facing the English department at the University of Tennessee. (FL)

Defines "literature" as including such expository works as "The Theory of the Leisure Class" and "The Lonely Crowd" and encourages development of college courses in expository modes of writing. (DD)

Describes why college English teachers should consider offering a literature elective in mystery fiction. Argues that mysteries are growing in popularity and in academic respectability. Provides methods and activities for use in courses designed around mystery literature. (HB)

Discusses the idea of national literature, contemporary problems with its definition, and its history. Discusses various models of national literature. (PRA)

Jane Austen's novels are particularly appropriate for adolescents. These classics deal with topics of high interest to young people. Austen grapples with the question of what the individual owes to society and what he or she is obliged to tolerate in the way of strictures on behavior. Article proposes that Austen's novels should be more widely…

English classes should return to teaching the great literature. (JH)

This article focuses on the development of the English curriculum, changes that have occurred over the years, and possible future trends in English education. (RC)

The importance of the teaching and learning of literature is expounded. (PG)

This edition of the "Virginia English Bulletin" is devoted primarily to articles about multiple-elective programs in high school English classes. These articles include: (1) "Multiple Electives in the English Curriculum" by R. Baird Shuman; (2) "Creative Dramatics: A Natural for the Multiple Electives Program" by…

In an attempt to resolve questions raised by critics of high school literature anthologies, this study (1) examined the contents of 216 anthologies produced between 1917 and 1957, containing 9,034 distinct selections written by 1,947 authors, and (2) related these anthologies to the educational policies of three periods marked off by the Hosic…

The intent of this book is to plead the case of children's literature as an integral part of the elementary school's curriculum, as well as an important factor in the lives of children. Children's literature is broadly defined as any creative literary work that has been especially written and designed for children's use. That literature is meant…