Certain forms of literature present special comprehension difficulties for readers at all levels. Each of the genres--poetry, drama, the short story, the essay, biography, and the novel--presents special problems and difficulties to some of its readers who would find their reading more enjoyable and profitable if they understood the ways to…

A knowledge of the major myths and legends will be an invaluable asset to the student in acquiring a richer and deeper appreciation of his reading, be t in English or a foreign language. The teacher must treat the material systematically, starting with the creation of the primal power out of chaos and the struggles for power which ultimately lead…

An authorized course of instruction for the Quinmester Program in Dade County (Florida) public schools is given for study of Norwegian dramatist and social critic Henrik Ibsen. The course includes an introduction to four dramas which reveal that man's dream of perfection can sometimes lead to destruction, sterility, and estrangement from life.…

The nature of mythology is examined and its place in the English curriculum determined in a study that includes a review of the literature since the early twentieth century. Findings indicate that mythology has been used as a symbolic form--a mythical mode of thought--or a way of forming reality. Fundamental to the mythical mode of thought are a…

Argues that reading literature broadens possibilities for the writing of literature, expanding not only the students' range of style but the topics about which it is permissible to write. Posits that teachers should introduce new kinds of writing to students so they will perceive more possibilities and open up as writers. (JC)

Explores the disparity between what is desirable in English classrooms and what is available. (HOD)

Explores the debate over the value of literature in the English curriculum. (HOD)

Four teachers comment on the characteristics of people that students consider to be heroes. (EL)

Discusses structuralism and liberal humanism and states that both are based upon moral and metaphysical positions. (DF)

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)

Lists 128 authors whose work is included in the reading program approved for use in journalism classes in California, including Woody Allen, Pearl S. Buck, Jesse L. Jackson, and George Orwell. (DF)

Provides an overview and several examples of the "reader's theatre" approach to teaching literature, which dramatizes literature to provide both a visual and an oral stimulus for those unaccustomed to using imagination to experience literary works. (FL)

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)

Revised version of a paper presented at Conference on Comparative Literature (4th, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 16-17, 1970). (Editor/RD)

Presents the pros and cons of including teen romances in the English curriculum. (JL)