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Peer reviewedHolsberry, Carmen W. – Clearing House, 1979
While thematic curriculum designs based on Bruner's structuralism are a great improvement over the old chronological literature anthologies, they still ignore several important contexts in which a literary work might be studied. The multifunctional approach can provide this complexity of contexts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Anthologies, Curriculum Design, Difficulty Level, Literary Criticism
Download full textHands, Charles B. – Maryland English Journal, 1970
Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter" reflects the author's view that inherent in the human dilemma are ambiguous ironies which cannot be resolved. Although Hawthorne (unlike Ralph Waldo Emerson) perceives evil as an extraordinarily potent force, he offers no clear moral solutions in this story, but examines various…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Characterization, Difficulty Level, Irony
