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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword and Cursive Writing as Mighty as Technology
Years ago every school in the United States believed cursive writing played a key role in literacy. The idea of not teaching cursive...

Christina Francine
Feb 25, 20177 min read
First, second and third person writing
First, second and third person writing Work can be written in the first, second or third person. This is who is telling the story. First...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20171 min read
What is Structure?
DEFINITION: “The task or structure analysis is to formulate the underlying systems of convention which evaluate cultural objects to have...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20171 min read
What is Interpretation?
DEFINITION: “Reading, explicating, making sense: these are three names given to the activity of ‘interpretation’” (Lentricchia &...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20171 min read
What is Culture?
DEFINITION: Culture “has much to do with formal analysis of literary texts because (they) are not merely cultural by virtue of reference...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20171 min read
What is Canon?
DEFINITION: “In a figurative sense, a standard of judgement; a criticism/ The term is often extended to mean the accepted list of books...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20171 min read
What is Formalist/Formalism?
DEFINITION: “A term applied to criticism that emphasizes the form of the artwork, with ‘form’ variously construed to mean generic form,...

Christina Francine
Jan 22, 20172 min read


Thoughts on Profession’s Presidential Forum: Language, Literature, Learning
PROFESSION Presidential Forum: Language, Literature, Learning The Modern Language Association of America (MLA) published a journal called...

Christina Francine
Nov 20, 20135 min read


Intellectuals & Creative Types Spur Economic Growth
Place and community are still critical factors for growth and development. The Internet and modern technology hasn’t destroyed geography....

Christina Francine
Sep 14, 20133 min read


Studies from Textbook: From Codex To Hypertext, Reading at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
STUDIES FROM TEXTBOOK: FROM CODEX TO HYPERTEXT, READING AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Edited by Anouk Lang Introduction,...

Christina Francine
Sep 10, 20133 min read

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