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ERIC Number: EJ311472
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Writing a Rationale for a Controversial Common Reading Book: Alice Walker's "The Color Purple."
Worthington, Pepper
English Journal, v74 n1 p48-52 Jan 1985
Offers a rationale that can be used to defend the assignment of Alice Walker's controversial novel for class reading. Indicates four issues that might evoke calls for censorship: (1) subject matter, (2) vocabulary, (3) grammar, and (4) the epistolary form of the work. (RBW)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Censorship, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content), English Instruction, Freedom of Speech, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Persuasive Discourse, Secondary Education, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Color Purple (Novel); Walker (Alice)