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Full-Text Articles in Education
The Evidence Doesn't Lie: An Approach To Teaching Updike's 'Flight', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
Teaching The Unreliable Narrator In 'Ligeia', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Eliot's The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
Flaws In The Wooden Bowl: A Reaction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
More Than A Place, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
The Ties That Bind, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
Of Blockheads And Elitists, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Hawthorne's Dating Problem In "The Scarlet Letter", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
"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
Pop Goes The Culture, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Hemingway's "The Killers", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
The Caufield Family Of Writers In The Catcher In The Rye, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Moody's Blues, Hal Charles
Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
Lawrence's 'The Odor Of Chrysanthemums, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Road Rage, Hal Charles
Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
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
Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
The Last Boy Of Summer, Charlie Sweet
The Odyssey Of Ned Merrill, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
The Odyssey Of Ned Merrill, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
"Both Sides Now" Ii: Some Practical Suggestions For Creative Writing Exercises In The Literature Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
"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
"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
Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Slave Wall, Hal Charles