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The Evidence Doesn't Lie: An Approach To Teaching Updike's 'Flight', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2003

The Evidence Doesn't Lie: An Approach To Teaching Updike's 'Flight', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Unreliable Narrator In 'Ligeia', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2003

Teaching The Unreliable Narrator In 'Ligeia', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Eliot's The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2003

Eliot's The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Examines the parallel between the poems "Song," by John Donne, and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot. Description of Donne's and Eliot's characters; similarity of the situation and theme in the two poems.


Flaws In The Wooden Bowl: A Reaction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2003

Flaws In The Wooden Bowl: A Reaction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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More Than A Place, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Aug 2003

More Than A Place, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Many stories fail to capture the reader's interest even though they have a clear point of view, well-rounded characters and an interesting plot. What's missing? One key element that writers frequently overlook is setting. They treat it merely as backdrop.


Draw Play, Hal Charles Apr 2003

Draw Play, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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The Ties That Bind, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Feb 2003

The Ties That Bind, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Discusses the bond between the readers and characters of a story. Information on how to create a character for a story; Background on some characters of a story, including Lady Macbeth in the book 'Heart of Darkness,' by Joseph Conrad; Details of some specific character traits that create a bond with readers.


Of Blockheads And Elitists, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Of Blockheads And Elitists, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Hawthorne's Dating Problem In "The Scarlet Letter", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Hawthorne's Dating Problem In "The Scarlet Letter", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

This article explores the dating problem in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter. In The Custom House, Hawthorne relates how he discovers several foolscap sheets written by a predecessor, Mr. Surveyor Pue, about Hester Prynne. These six sheets supposedly offer two types of accounts about Hester: aged persons, alive in the time of Pue and from whose oral testimony he had made up his narrative, remembered her, in their youth and those who had heard the tale from contemporary witnesses. A dating problem arises with the first group. Critics concur that historical documents place the events in The Scarlet Letter …


"Shiloh": A Mini-Casebook Approach To Upper-Division Literature Courses, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

"Shiloh": A Mini-Casebook Approach To Upper-Division Literature Courses, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Shows how the mini-casebook approach, with a few modifications, works well with upper-division writing assignments. Notes that a mini-casebook approach is nothing more than a self-published document including a primary work of literature, selected secondary sources on that work, and a selection of several specified topics on the primary source. Presents eight suggestions for implementing the mini-casebook approach


Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Pop Goes The Culture, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Pop Goes The Culture, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Hemingway's "The Killers", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Hemingway's "The Killers", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

In his seminal study Hemingway and the Dead Gods, John Killinger relates Papa's fictional world to existententialism, concluding that Hemingway sees that individuality is not a quality which can be superimposed externally on a man, but that it must be internally achieved by a decision to be at all times an authentic person and to accept the full responsibility of action proper to a primary agent. In his philosophy, as in that of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Sartre, the opportunity for such a decision is presented as a moment of crisis, which, for him, is produced by confronting death or violence.


The Caufield Family Of Writers In The Catcher In The Rye, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Oct 2002

The Caufield Family Of Writers In The Catcher In The Rye, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Moody's Blues, Hal Charles Oct 2002

Moody's Blues, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Aug 2002

Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Notes that teachers who teach short fiction must consider several things when choosing which works to teach. Describes criteria the authors use when selecting works for their literature classes (World Literature Survey, American Literature, and Principles of Literary Study). Concludes by affirming the importance of choosing short fiction.


Lawrence's 'The Odor Of Chrysanthemums, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Lawrence's 'The Odor Of Chrysanthemums, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Road Rage, Hal Charles Dec 2001

Road Rage, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Considers how to get today's schoolchild and college student to move from the words to the picture, then back again. Explores the teaching technique of having students draw what the piece of literature describes. Finds that drawing the visual image provides a much better chance of understanding a work's significance. Describes how to apply this idea with a homework assignment.


The Superhero Formula, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

The Superhero Formula, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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The Last Boy Of Summer, Charlie Sweet Dec 2001

The Last Boy Of Summer, Charlie Sweet

Charlie Sweet

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The Odyssey Of Ned Merrill, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Aug 2001

The Odyssey Of Ned Merrill, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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"Both Sides Now" Ii: Some Practical Suggestions For Creative Writing Exercises In The Literature Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2000

"Both Sides Now" Ii: Some Practical Suggestions For Creative Writing Exercises In The Literature Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Outlines effective and practical creative writing assignments given to literature students. Concludes that writing short, imaginative summaries provides a change of pace from the usual lecture, discussion, and group work formats of literature classes.


"Both Sides Now" Iii: A Creative Writing Exercise In The Literature Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2000

"Both Sides Now" Iii: A Creative Writing Exercise In The Literature Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Details a creative writing assignment used in literature classes to help students better grasp the principles of literature from the inside out. Suggests this method should be employed more often in survey classes.


Mystery Woman, Hal Charles Dec 2000

Mystery Woman, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2000

Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Slave Wall, Hal Charles Jun 2000

Slave Wall, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.