Argues that by acting out, rather than only reading Shakespeare's plays, they can be better interpreted and appreciated. (SRT)

Shows how Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and John Locke's "Thoughts on Education" can be used to promote good breeding. (EL)

Contains readers' comments as well as the authors' responses to earlier "College English" articles by Kenneth Bruffee and Johnathan Kamholtz and Robin Sheets. Contains comments only on articles by Ann Berthoff and William Marling. (EL)

Presents annotated music selections for augmenting English literature courses. (HTH)

Monsters have haunted the literary imagination from earliest times (e.g., the Cyclops, Grendel, etc.), but a particular interest in horror and the Gothic form dates back to the 18th and early 19th centuries. Taking their name from the Gothic architecture that often served as a backdrop to the action, these novels present supernatural events in…

Part 1 appeared in English Language Teaching", v26 n1 Oct 1971. (VM)

Surveys 114 students studying advanced-level English literature concerning their reactions to literature. Concludes that the students displayed a balance of complex reactions. Comments on their inability to see the significance of literature in relation to their own lives. (FL)

Changes in approaches to, and the study of, English literary history are chronicled, from a period in which the historical approach was prevalent through a transition to greater specialization. The trend toward creative writing and comparative literature in the curriculum is also discussed. (MSE)

Presents a lesson to help students learn that Africans played a significant role in the abolition of the slave trade based on Olaudah Equiano's "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," which places an African writer in the center of a discussion on works published in Britain. (SR)

This study undertook to determine (1) whether teaching sixth grade children elements of style would increase their pleasure in listening to "The Hobbit," (2) whether children who learned the most about style would respond the most positively to Tolkien's style, and (3) what children's preferences would be for selected examples of Tolkien's style.…

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

Contributors offer suggestions for teaching "David Copperfield," a vocabulary unit built around the theme of love, and a vocabulary guessing game. (HOD)

Recounts an American teacher's experience of teaching English at a university in China and includes advice to others considering a similar teaching experience. (AEA)

Discusses reading and teaching Renaissance poetry in terms of the poem's "resonance," its capacity to speak to contemporary readers directly and draw them into its historical world. Advises teachers to expand the resonance to illuminate the poem's background, as exemplified by the poetry of Thomas Wyatt in the court of Henry VIII. (DF)