Desperate in Peoria (How Come Everything We Read Has to be So Depressing?).

Burns, Paula

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ERIC Number: EJ311522

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Publication Date: 1985

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Desperate in Peoria (How Come Everything We Read Has to be So Depressing?).

Burns, Paula

English Journal, v74 n2 p76-77 Feb 1985

Suggests that real life can be depressing enough without subjecting teenagers to a steady diet of reading assignments whose content is largely negative. Laments that a search has turned up so few examples of "good" literature and asks for suggestions. (RBW)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, Individual Development, Literary Criticism, Moral Values, Negative Attitudes, Realism, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Twentieth Century Literature

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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