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Witt, Shirley Hill – Civil Rights Digest, 1976
Gives a profile of Anna Mae Picton Squash, an Indian woman devoted to the service of the Indian people and Reports on her tragic death. (AM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Biographies, Females, Government Role
Taylor, Philip – 2003
Applied theatre teaches community members to teach others, and helps communities process issues which directly impact them. It can also raise awareness of issues, pose alternatives, heal, challenge contemporary discourses, and voice the views of the silent or marginal. The arts become an important experience as people attempt to deal with tragic…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cultural Awareness, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedNelson, G. E. – German Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Drama, German Literature, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedBeck, Robert H. – Educational Forum, 1973
Article illustrates how the cultural products of an epoch educate with or without schooling. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Biographies, Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedThomas, Kathryn A. – Classical Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Drama, Epics, German Literature
Deutschunterricht, 1972
Descriptors: Drama, German Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary History
Baguley, David – Modern Languages, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, French Literature, Historical Criticism
Peer reviewedGuthke, Karl S. – German Quarterly, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Dialogs (Literary), Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature
Peer reviewedFetzer, John – German Quarterly, 1970
Descriptors: Antithesis, Characterization, Dialogs (Literary), Drama
Sutton, Genevieve – French Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, French Literature, Novels
Vos, Erik – Educ Theatre J, 1970
Explains the interpretation and techniques the author used in directing "Prometheus Bound," emphasizing the use of the chorus to express emotion and tensions rather than to react to them; illustrated. (SW)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Drama, Language Rhythm, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedVida, Louisa – Roeper Review, 1979
An enrichment program in literature for gifted sixth graders is discussed. It is explained that the course lasts for one year and meets for one hour three days a week. The nature and rationale of the course topics (biography, realistic fiction, poetry, and tragedy) are explored. (PHR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBoler, Megan – Educational Theory, 2000
Examines writings on educational theory and philosophy from the 1990s, tracing interlocking themes of tragedy and pastiche as they intersect with the role of listening in educational theory. The paper examines the absolution of tragedy, highlighting differences and similarities in the accounts of pragmatism and postmodernism in how conflict is…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSlattery, Dennis P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1975
Argues that an understanding of the craft of fiction is furthered by a return to the original creation, concluding that "The Great Gatsby" is one of the best examples of Aristotle's description of tragedy as set forth in "The Poetics." (RB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
MCCURDY, HAROLD – 1968
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS LOOK FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN A WRITER'S LITERARY WORK AND THE EXTERNALS OF HIS LIFE, A PRACTICE THAT ENGLISH SCHOLARS ESCHEW. HOWEVER, A USEFUL KIND OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY MAY BE FOUND IN THE WORKINGS OF SHAKESPEARE'S IMAGINATION THROUGHOUT MOST OF HIS PLAYS. SHAKESPEARE, IN HAMLET'S WORDS, CAN BE CONCEIVED AS "A…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Drama, English Instruction, Literary Criticism


