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Wellek, Rene; Warren, Austin – 1956
Methods of studying literature are defined and described. A section on definitions and distinctions investigates literature and literary study; the nature and function of literature; literary theory, criticism, and history; and general, comparative, and national literature. The ordering and establishing of evidence is described. The bulk of the…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Biographies, Fiction, Fine Arts
Bacon, Roger Lee – 1972
This dissertation dealt with the preparation, designing, teaching, and evaluation of a course in literary theory. The course examined the following areas of literary study: definition, perception, description, explication, interpretation, and evaluation. It is centered on the following theses: (1) in literary pursuits criticism is teaching and…
Descriptors: English, Historical Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary Discrimination
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De Saint Victor, Pierre – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, French Literature, Historical Criticism
Greenberg, Mark – 1979
When teachers base classroom discussion of literature, particularly poetry, on the authors' manuscripts, notebooks, and letters, they allow students to watch writers write and to appreciate the craft involved in creative writing. Watching the writer at work--examining the drafts and correspondence for such poems as Blake's "London" or Keats'"To…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Historical Criticism
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Tucker, Robert A. – Classical Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Classical Literature, Epics, Historical Criticism
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
This course outline for the study of novels by representative writers of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries emphasizes the various novelistic forms. Study objectives include: (1) explanation of how psychological elements motivate characteristics; (2) explanation of how sociological factors influence characters and situations; (3)…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Curriculum Guides, Eighteenth Century Literature, Fiction
Kurdiumova, T. F. – Soviet Education, 1976
The historical method should be understood as an independent principle in the approach to a work of art. Examples are provided of analysis of artistic works in literature lessons for grades 4-10. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Historical Criticism, Literary Criticism
Fayolle, Roger – Francais dans le Monde, 1971
Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Context, French, French Literature
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Sisk, Jean C. – Maryland English Journal, 1969
Able 11th- and 12th-grade students can enjoy the imagery, direct language, and indirect thought of T. S. Eliot. Eliot's treatment of the apathetic society and the isolated individual, his concern for spirituality over sensuality, and his plea for collective responsibility for evil are themes that can be traced in his major works through…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Formal Criticism
Klein, Jurgen – Neueren Sprachen, 1973
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Content Analysis, Course Content, Cultural Education
Schaefer, Barbara E. – 1970
The presentation of the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell to sophomores at East Orange Catholic High School, New Jersey, as a "political document" is discussed. Through research, panel discussions and voluntary comments, the students studied the book in depth comparing it to the power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky in…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Creative Thinking, English Curriculum, English Literature