Section II introduces the keynote speakers. Section III contains the texts of the three keynote speeches. Section IV contains eight workshop reports. Section V sums up the conference experience. A Strategy for Teaching Literature.
Literary artists manipulate language.
If educators could develop in their students the same sense that language is manipulable, they could help them to better appreciate literature. Although this technique does not produce any sort of scientific proof, it does impress upon students the fact that language can be manipulated, and that successful manipulation is not so easy. Some of the characters depicted in this volume include Jedediah Smith, Davy Crockett, John Quincy Adams, Emily Dickinson, Sojourner Truth, John James Audubon, and Dred Scott. Topics included are the westward expansion of the United States, the growth of cities, industrialization, and slavery. The book contains photographs, drawings, maps, graphics, and cartoons that make the chapters understandable and entertaining.