Structure And Characterization In Popular Adolescent Fiction, Marcia Fox

Graduate Research Papers

For this study the author identified two criteria to be examined in junior novels. These criteria originally came from Stephen Dunning's five categories which he suggested as representative criteria against which the literary quality of the junior novel could be measured. The two categories chosen were structure and characterization in the novel. Each aspect of these two categories was defined and then applied to twenty-one junior novels that were fiction. The twenty-one novels examined were chosen from G. Robert Carlsen's list of popular books depicting adolescent concerns in the 1977 and 1978 English Journal. Each book was then measured numerically …

L. Frank Baum And The Technology Of Love, Robert Bruce Goble

Masters Theses

L. Frank Baum, throughout his books of fantasy, especially the Oz series, gradually resolves the conflict of pastoralism and technology by developing a technology managed by love. Baum uses magic as a representation of both pastoralism and technology. Fairy magic, the capacity for love, represents pastoralism, and ritual magic, the capacity for good or evil depending upon who wields it, represents technology. Baum deals with the ways in which ritual magic or technology can be misused through selfishness and ignorance and points out how destruction can be avoided if technology were managed by not greed for power and money but …

The Effects Of Encouragement, Praise, And Discouragement On Internally And Externally Oriented Children, Judith A. Anderson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary aim of this study was to investigate three types of parent communication--encouragement, praise, and discouragement--with regard to feelings elicited and perceived helpfulness, as reported by fifth- and sixth-grade subjects grouped according to high, medium, or low locus of control. Subjects for the study were 37 male and 47 female volunteers. Bialer•s Children•s Locus of Control Scale was used to classify males and females into a high (internal), medium (middle range), or low (external) group. Encouragement, praise, and discouragement were operationally defined as those responses receiving total agreement from a panel of experts as representing the Adlerian concepts under …

Parma Eldalamberon Vol. 1 No. 5, Paula Marmor

Parma Eldalamberon

The Journal of The Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship

Parma Eldalamberon/The Book of the Elven Tongues is the journal of the Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship, a Special Interest Group of the Mythopoeic Society, interested in imaginary fantasy languages and all matters linguistic and philosophical, especially the diverse tongues of Middle-earth and the Low Worlds.

Images Of The Numinous In T.H. White And C.S. Lewis, Ed Chapman

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Sees the search for the mythic, numinous image or experience as one strong motivation for reading fantasy (and other literature). Contrasts T.H. White and C.S. Lewis in terms of the presence of the numinous in their work.

Wizards—Dismal Warm-Up For Lotr Film, Glen Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

The Elusive Appeal Of The Fantastic, Daniel T. Kobil

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Finds commonality between people who search for monsters such as the Loch Ness monster and those who read fantasy. Both appeal to a psychological need to redress the balance in a culture which focuses too much on rational, right-brain consciousness (based on the theories of Ornstein).

Editorial Note, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Comments On Some Photographs, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Photographs by Bg Callahan

Saving The Appearances, Michael Dahl

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Poetry As Metaphor InThe Lord Of The Rings, William Reynolds

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Close examination of the three versions of the Walking Song in The Lord of the Rings that shows how it captures the themes of the book in miniature. The metaphors “encapsulate the same view of history and man’s role in it that he conveys through the larger metaphor of the trilogy itself.”

The Iconography Of Love I And Ii, Robert S. Ellwood Jr.

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Who's Lleu?, Ruth Berman

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Brief discussion of relationships between Garner’s The Owl Service and its source myth in the Mabinogion. Considers how successful Garner has been in his use of the myth.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, George Colvin

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

C.S. Lewis, the Shape of His Faith and Thought. Paul L. Holmer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill. G.K. Chesterton. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Letters, Glen Goodknight, Robert Foster, Robert A. Gilbert, Mary Nessen, Colin Mathers, John H. Chalmers Jr., Alexei Kondratiev, Dale W. Simpson, Branton G. Lachman, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Edgar L. Chapman, Terri Williams, Anders Stenstrom, Mary M. Stolzenbach, Dirk W. Mosig, F. W. Edwards, Margaret R. Purdy, Paul H. Kocher, Ellie Farrell, Lee Burwasser

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

An Inklings Bibliography (5), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Lament For Denethor, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

The Pilgrimage From Deep Space, Judith Brown

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Traces the development and spiritual maturation of Ransom throughout the Space Trilogy

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Some Photographs And Comments, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Editorial Note, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

The Tale Of The Noldor, Paul Kocher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Reviews the history of the Noldor, elves of the First Age, and their continuing influence in the affairs of the Third Age. A retelling rather than a scholarly analysis, based on sources published before the availability of The Silmarillion.

Guinevere's Role In The Arthurian Poetry Of Charles Williams, Veronica L. Skinner

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A study of Guinevere’s meaning and function in Williams’ Arthurian poems

Reviews, Bruce Mcmenomy, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth. Daniel Grotta-Kurska. Reviewed by Bruce McMenomy.

The Fantastic in Literature. Eric S. Rabkin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Father Christmas Letters. J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Baillie Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Feng: A Poem. John Wain. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Wild Angels. Ursula Le Guin. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space. Harry Martinson. Translated by Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. Introduction by Tord Hall. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Letters, Margaret Purdy, James Spreckels, Alexei Kondratiev, Robert E. Boenig, Roderick Mcgillis, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Michael Chapman, Gerald M. Price, Kathryn Lindskoog, John L. Leland, Clay Booker, Michael Mckenny, Eugene Mcgovern, Margaret Hannay, William G. Kelly

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Till We Have Faces And Its Mythological And Literary Precursors, Andrew Howard

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Compares Till We Have Faces with its “chief source,” the tale of Cupid and Psyche in Apuleius. Briefly compares it with other works of Lewis as well.

An Inklings Bibliography (4), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

An Annotated Bibliography Of Materials About The Physically Handicapped For Non-Handicapped Elementary School Children, Karen Dole

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of existing materials about the handicapped which can be used with elementary school children, and to compile an annotated bibliography of quality materials for use by teachers and media specialists.

Stereotyped Portrayal Of The Elderly In Picture Books, Deborah J. Jackson

Graduate Research Papers

Studies have found that minorities have been portrayed in a stereotyped image in children's picture books. Since the elderly have been considered a minority group, this study examined the portrayal of the elderly in picture books to determine if a stereotyped image is present. Content analysis was performed on thirty-three books. A worksheet was devised which contained the four main categories main character, function or role, physical appearance, and personality descriptors. Sub-categories for each main category were also provided on the worksheet. Frequency of occurrence for each category or sub-category was then recorded on the worksheet. After the analysis was …