Noting that his book, "Understanding the New Black Poetry" (Morrow 1973), attempted to sketch a critical framework which would help make the poetry accessible to a larger number of people, the author examines some questions raised there which need some systematic response. (Author/JM)

This paper suggests that teachers and curriculum planners should offer an overview of American fiction that presents the recurrent archetypes of American fiction and yet also deals with the unique aspects of individual works of fiction. The major pattern of experience in American fiction is explained as the transaction of the innocent self with…

THESE TWO TESTS--"TWENTIETH CENTURY LYRICS" AND "SCIENCE AND POETRY"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 819 AND ED 010 820. (MM)

This course for a third year of study of Bengali at the university level is divided into three parts. Part I consists of a review grammar and reading texts and is divided into eight chapters, which present a review of the script; grammatical discussions with examples, exercises, and readings with notes and questions for oral discussion; and a key…

This journal issue deals with the ways in which elements of a literary text specify the manner in which an oral interpreter will present the text to an audience. After an introductory statement, four poems by a contemporary poet are presented as sample texts. Four commentators discuss the ways these poems might be interpreted to an audience, and…

A substantial number of college students in the future will be mature women who are coming back to complete an interrupted education or to get new credentials. These women want their literature courses to say something to them about their own lives and their own problems, and they want to hear about those problems from women writers. In teaching a…

This paper examines the ways that old age is portrayed in literature, focusing on how old people gradually disengage themselves from the social systems in which they live. The writers and works discussed present bleak portraits of old age in contrast to recent scientific assertions that human beings now live healthier, longer, more satisfying…

The treatment of the Negro in children's literature was examined in 125 books published between 1929-1938 and 420 books published between 1959-1968 to test (1) whether the Negro was mentioned in the literature of one period more than in the other, and (2) whether a difference existed in the degree of racial stereotyping contained in the books of…

Designed as a guide to scholarship and criticism of the contemporary American novel and related subjects, this selective bibliography includes 48 individual novelists. Omitted are unpublished dissertations, most literary histories, most bibliographies of bibliography, short notes and explications, and book reviews; but the listing does contain…

"Archy and Mehitabel," a collection of 48 newspaper columns by Don Marquis on the aspirations and foibles of man, can be used effectively to spark the interests of today's students. Marquis' delightful dialogue between the humorous and learned cockroach, Archy, and his cliche-ridden but lovable friend, Mehitabel the cat, are written in free verse.…

Tom Stoppard's play, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," focuses on the antics and tragedy of two minor characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Although satirical of their philosophical pretensions, the play conveys the uncertainty and confusion of its two principal characters and thus reflects modern man's dilemma. The…

This study provides insights into the importance of literary impressionism in revealing cultural values in western civilization. Contents include: "Definitions and Distinctions," which traces the origin of impressionism in painting and its subsequent application to literature; "Impressionist Sensibility," which examines impressionism in terms of…