Recently I gave a presentation on class, success and subjectivity. One response was that I should "Get over it". This comment informs the following discussion exploring some contradictory views about speaking personally in relation to class experience. There is a continual need to review the feminist mantra of the "personal is political". Does…

A British historian of the American South examines the forces of contingency and the stimulus of teaching that led him to become a historian of the United States and, in particular, the American South. Belonging to a generation of British historians who aimed to make their work indistinguishable from their American counterparts, he has been forced…

This article focuses on a collaborative project between two fifth-grade dual language teachers (English-Spanish) and a university researcher as they engaged children in a study of memoir. The bilingual children in these classes cultivated their genre knowledge by participating in the ways of writers of memoir through the careful adaptations the…

The subject and the object are more strategically assigned than some might readily assume, both as people speak and as they live them. Subjectivity is associated with doing, hence responsibility, and therefore it noticeably slides in matters of credit and blame, with issues like Newton's or LaPlace's discovery. In scientific papers the subject has…

Two installments of "Young Adult Literature" are presented in this compilation. "Young Adult Literature," which offers reviews of young adult books, is a regular feature of the National Council of Teachers of English publication, "Notes Plus." The articles included in this compilation give favorable reviews to two…

A national autobiography competition was conducted for the Finnish people in 1979. Altogether, 137 autobiographies were received. Characteristics of four generations of Finns and changes in historical perspective as revealed in the autobiographies are discussed. (RM)

Discusses the biographical aspects of James Thurber's classic humorous fairy tale, "Many Moons." (HOD)

Recollections is an occasional series in which writers looked back at their childhood, school days, or youth. To open the series, the author widely praised Akenfield, linking his early attempts to become a writer with his more recent experience of talking to children about their own imaginative work. (Editor/RK)

A paper, presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education, which describes an English methods course that involves students in writing autobiographies. (DD)

There is a wealth of information contained in the American Indian autobiographical literature that has not been fully utilized by anthropologists and folklorists. (JC)

Stories consume lives and lives become stories. A unit of study examines the creation of self in autobiographies and biographies looking closely at how we construct a life from the fragments of human experience and memory. This paper looks briefly at the different theoretical perspectives about biography and autobiography, following closely the…

Extensive discussion of Puerto Rican culture and Thomas' life as depicted in his book. (SP)