This series, People and Places in World-English Literature, is published to introduce readers to modern writers who write in English. Each of the booklets contains a preface to the series, acknowledgments, an introduction to the authors and forms of literature, a literary map of the country, representative authors, a reference bibliography of the…

Gives the history of the translation into Spanish of the literature of western culture as done by Cuban authors. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Literature's intellectual and spiritual independence and great public appeal afford it great potential as a moving force in today's increasingly secular, unphilosophical, and nonliterary world, which nonetheless longs for harmony, unity of purpose, and spiritual oneness. Although political oppression and literary commercialism threaten literature…

Examines four characteristics (brevity, straightforward diction, contemplative mood, and autobiographical content) of classical Chinese poetry, to show how classical Chinese poetry is appropriate for use in many poetry therapy contexts. Includes an 8-item annotated list of sources. (SR)

There is a continuing need to investigate how contemporary students in schools are writing the word, and their world, beyond modernist parameters of the page. This article explores the online writing of a senior English world literature class, located in a Western Canadian city, as examined through a recent qualitative case study. Borrowing a 17th…

Many high school teachers have described their favorite non-Shakespearean books that are effective with their students. Reginald Rose's "Twelve Angry Men", Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" are some of the commonly taught books in high schools, as these books enlighten the students about the connections between…

Article did not attempt a critical evaluation of contemporary literary trends, but rather tried to report on the kind of books that are engaging the attention of readers in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. (Editor/RK)

This issue of the "Indiana English Journal" contains four articles: "Value Clarification through World Literature" by R. Baird Shuman; "Polynesian Literature: Coming to Life in the Classroom" (with bibliography) by Barbara M. Elkington and Ruth P. Smith; "The Deirdre Legend in Three Irish Plays" by Ronald L.…

A professor explains how he teaches haiku, and includes student examples. (SP)

A discussion of the dramas of the Norwegian novelist-playwright Knut Hamsun YKnutPedersenI (1859-1952). (RD)

Investigates a broad question in light of the author's own background: what is it that educators think they are doing while teaching postcolonial literature? Investigates an analogy between postcolonial and gay and lesbian studies by looking at the author's reading and teaching approach to Mariama Ba's novel "So Long a Letter." (TB)

The Goshen College International Literature course is organized around the coming-of-age theme. (JH)