Examines criticism of and resistance to Robert Cormier's young adult novel "The Chocolate War." Argues that the book should be taught as tragedy and that teachers should pay their high school students the compliment of assuming their humanity and thus their need and ability to grapple with true tragedy. (SR)

The distinguishable black theatre in America, mirroring a distinguishable black experience, is an artistic product which demands audience involvement. Both the Afro-American oral tradition and the art of gesture are integral aspects of black theatre. In addition, the tragedy found black theatre is not tragedy in the classic sense, as blacks feel…

The purpose of this study was to discover whether tragedy exists in realistic fiction for eight-to-12-year-old children and, if so, to present selected exemplifications of this mode. The study assumed that children should be exposed to the tragic sense of life in their literature, and the child psychologists and critics of children's books who…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Erich Segal, William Arrowsmith, G. M. A. Grube, Anne Pippin Burnett, Eilhard Schlesinger, Bernard M. W. Knox, Eric A. Havelock, Jean-Paul Sartre, Christian Wolff, and Thomas G. Rosenmeyer--all dealing with the plays of…

"The Tragic Fallacy" is a polemical investigation exploring the dilemma of a culture unable to conceive of life as having tragic significance; unable to reconcile material and scientific progress to spiritual needs. Furthermore, the essay urges a reevaluation of cultural forms and demonstrates the exigency for drama, and literary arts in…

Analyzes the dramatic structure of Racine's "Phedre" according to linguistic transformations; revised version of a paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, December 1972. (DD)

Discusses implications and possible applications of Northrop Frye's concept of mythos" as a theory of speech criticism. (RD)

Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in four major tragedies was analyzed to test a theory that power, distance, and the ranked extremity of a face-threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. While affect strongly influenced politeness, interactive closeness had little or no effect on politeness.…

Discusses the educative value of the concept of tragedy and its use in the study of literature, philosophy, world cultures, American history, anthropology, and other subjects. (MS)

Interviews Bill Kibler, former Bonfire Advisor at Texas A and M, about the bonfire's special place in the college's culture. Describes how the community is coping after the accident, and what has been the response to the recent independent report on the accident, which cited numerous physical and organizational failures as a cause of the disaster.…

This resource presents scripts for eight Shakespearean plays. The scripts are adapted for classroom presentation by intermediate level students. Each play includes introductory materials, instructions for staging and costumes, a vocabulary list, and a cast of characters. Enough roles are provided for participation by every child in the class. Many…

This study examines the theatrical and thematic aspects of Kabuki and provides recommendations for using these aspects in the production of plays by Shakespeare. Sequences from "Hamlet,""Macbeth," and "Julius Caesar" were chosen because they are adaptable to Kabuki design. In order to help a director view these plays…