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Popular Culture and the Teaching of English. INSTITUTION, Arizona English Teachers Association, Tempel PUB DATE Apr 75 NOTE 237P DOCUMENT RESUME ED 109 699- CS 202 191 AUTHOR Donelson, Kerf, Ede. TITLE Popular Culture and the Teaching of English. INSTITUTION, Arizona English Teachers Association, Tempel PUB DATE Apr 75 NOTE 237p. LYAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (Order Mo. 36443, $3.95 nonmember, $3.35 member) JOURNAL CIT Arizona English Bulletin; v17 n3 Entire Issue April 1975 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$12.05 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Comics (Publications); Commerci&l Television; *English Instruction; *Instructional Materials; Literary Genres; New Journalism; Periodicals; Poetry; Science Fiction; Secondary Education; *Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS+ Graffiti; *Popular Culture ABSTRACT This issue af the "Arizona English Bulletin" contains 38 articles related to popular culture and the teaching of English. The articles discuss such topics as language in the popular arts, establishing a popular culture library, definiig sexism in popular culture, detective literature and its uses in the'traditional classroom, popular literature as an introduction to the classics, reading comics, television and critical skills, selecting science fiction for class stud/, subliminal messages in science fiction, formula fiction and literature study, uses of graffiti, rock poetry, video screen sexism, magazines and the English class, values via television, American best tellers as an English elective, the religious prest, and teaching the new journalism. (TS) **************************************************************1********* -* . Documents acquired by ERIC include many Informal unpublished * materials not available Iron other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy.available. nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality*/ * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction ServiCe (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * .supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. ***************v*******************************1**********************. 1 . U S DEPARTMENT OF KEALTN EDUCATION L WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 'H'S DOCUMENT HAS BEEN °Ur-ED ExAr r Ai PE rE,vEWEPPO THE pE tv-ON F AT.NC. POrN OF SA`f D DO F 1. Ou r)P,Ki,ONS NE, FS kEPPE .t N. NArONAL ,N,,TrruTE oF 1, a' Oh PV, 'ON OP v . -POPULAiiCUL AND THE TEAC1ING OF ENGLISH Number 3 April 1975 . ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN a 414' A Member of the NCTE ExchangeAgree9ent The ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN'isa publication of the Arizona English Teachers Association, a non - profit state affiliate of theNational Council of Teachers of English: The ARIZONA ENGLISHBULLETIN exists to create effective statewidearticu- lation of English teachers at all-levels,to increase awareness of new'ideas,pro- . grika; and movements in English, andto improve instruction of all English teachers. The ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN is publishedthree times each year, in October, Febru- ary, and April. It is supported and substaized byNorthern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and Arizona StateUniversity. Membership in thy Arizona English Teachers Association (includingsubscription to the ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN) is $4.00Athe year. Send applicationsfor membership to James Reith, AETA-Treasurer Scottsdale Education Center 3811 N. 44th St. 'Phoenix, Arizona 85018 Make checks payable to AETA and includeboth school and home addresses, including zip coded Subscriptions to the ARIZONA ENGLISHBULLETIN alone without AETA membership are avail- able, but only for out-of-statepeople, for $4.00 the year. Individual issues of the ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN are availableas the supply lasts. Prices of the isstles vary considerably, and interested teachers should write for prices. For subscritions or . for information, write to Ken Donelson, Editor, ARIZONA ENGLISHBULLETIN English Department Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 85281 Notes to possible contributors: The editor of the ARIZONA ENGLISHBULLETIN welcomes all contributions related to theteaching of English and applicableto the,thete of a forthcoming issue. Since many manuscriptsare solicited, contributors should inquire to determine the possible overlap withan already submitted manuscript. Writers might find the following information helpful. 1. Papers should normallyrun no more than 8-10 pages, typed, d ouble-spaced. 2. Writers should avoid footnoteswhenever possible. 3. The ARIZONA-ENGLISH BULLETIN existstd, serve all English teachers, but its primary allegiance is to NOTE,not thOLA. Writers should strive to make articles practical and interesting to theclassroom English teacher. 4. The editor assumes the rightto make small changes to fit the format and needs of the gULLETINr. Majorsurgery will be handled by correspondence. Subjects for the 1974-1975 Issues: October(The Teaching of Reading and the English Classroom); February (Censorship and theEnglish Teacher); and April (Popular Culture and the Teaching of English). 3 111 qui ARIZONA ENGLISH BULLETIN APRIL 1975 POPULAR CULTURE AND THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH CONTENTS Popular Culture and the Teaching of English Michael T. Marsden, Bowling Green University . , 1 Language in the Popular Arts Margaret B. Fleming and James R. Rankin, University of Arizona 7 Establishing a Popular Culture Library ....-- Dennis S. Tierney, Grayslake High School, Grayslake, Illinois ..... 17 Defining Sexism in the Popular Culture Alleen Pace Nilsen, Tempe Public Schools 25 "And Now the News..." ,i Susan Brunner, Somerton Park, South Australia 30 Transformations: Christopher Isherwood's THE BERLIN STORIES to CABARET 14 Norman Smalley, Arizona State University 40 A Look at Detective Fiction and Its Uses in the Traditional Classroom George . Thompson, Emporia Kansas State College 1--- 44 Popular Liter ure as an IntrqOuction to the Class cs: From DRACULA to JANE EYRE Stephan e A. Demetrakopoulos, Western Michi = L,.am University . ._ ..j 48 Telling It L e It Is: Myth, Heroes, and Hamb6nes in TV Sports ,, Gordon Brosselt, Florida State University , .-- 52 The Waste Land in Two Popular Ballads --, Enola Borgh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , 57 What Did You Study: Comics. What Did pod Learn? A Lotta Things. Raymond J. Rodrigues, University of Utah 59 .TV and the Critical Skills ? Carol Traynor Williams, Roosevelt University -, 63 The Three Faces of Death John D. Vavra, M.D., Washington University, St. Louis,Missouri 71 Neighbors, Toys, and Violence: A Talk with Grant Munro and Ralph Amelio David A. Sohn, Evanston, Illinois 77 Bing: You're Dead--Sort Of Greg Swan, Westwood '(Mesa) Hi'h School Student 82 Teaching Proper Science Fiction 4: Paul H. Cook, Arizona State University . 86 Subliminal Messages inAdvertising Miles C. Olson,-University Colorado 90 "You Know Something's Happening But You Don'tKnow What It Is" Bob Gessner, East High Schodl, altenix 92 Formula Fiction and Literature Study ._ . Richard D. Western, University of Wisconsin 4.1.97 Tapes of Old-Time Radio in the English Class . 44:00- Some Uses of Graffiti , ;_77 _ . Frank D'Angelo, Arizona State University -F- - -ilt,103 Comic Super- Heroes: New American Mythology Nel Ward, West High School, Phoenix . _,--,-.'-1013` Rock Poetry: Bringin' Home the Kids' Bacon Michael Elliott, Mesa High Sthool ,-.115;,;"_. Choosing Science Fiction for the Secondary School _--- _.., Sheila Schwartz, State University College, New Paltz,NY 197 Video Screen Sexism Gail Fisher Briscoe, Tempe High SchoLl , 41-127 , . Magazines and the Englidh Class Maia Pank Mertz, Ohio State University Goodbye 8, Hello 16 131, Lowell Boberg, Jordan School District,Sandy, Utah The Western Goes to School 138 Nicholas J. Karolides,jniverairy ofWisconsin, River Falls Values Via Television . 142 Sue Hardesty, Chandler High School . C 146 Cynic Books and the English Teacher to Francis E. Kaz&ek, Carbondale, Ilfinois 150 Gleanings from Popular CultureJournals Marching to Many-Drummers 153 Pearl G. Aldrich, FrostburgState College, Frostburg, Maryland). 155 American Best Sellers asan English Elective ,Madelon McGowan, Point LomaHigh=School, San Diego The SEA CHEST Experience' 159 Mildred M. Jeranko, Frisco, NorthCarolina The Religious Press : 164 Enola Borgh, Univdrsity ofWisconsin, Milwaukee Teaching the New Journalism 172 John Hollowell and.Rex Pemberton, University of Arizona 176 From Pygmalion to MY FAIRLADY' Suzanne Milner, Orange Coast College,Costa Mesa, California The Pop/Rock Lyrics Hype . 183 or I Walked Out of Class Ho-Humming theMelody Charles Suhor, Supervisor of English,New Orleans Public Schools Current Reading 187 \ Shoptalk 192 6, 16, 24, 43, 47, 51, 85, 98,96, 99, 107, 118, 126, 130, 141, 145, 158, 163, 182, 186, 191 Preface to the Issue POPITLAR CULTURE AND THE TEACHINGOF ENGLISH When I first began teas ing a college ass in popular culture, I decided to spend sometime that first day tal ng about some of 'the reasons why Ibecame intetested its the field. I thought then,(as do now) that beginning witha series of definitions, formal or informal, of populaculture, mass culture, folk culture, kitsch, elitistculture, and the like, was a deadly dull way to start anything, so I letmy faulty (and increasingly senile) memory and whatever dubious inspiration I couldmuster up take me where theyCwould. I suspect I wandered from hitherto thither, from my youthful love affair with the late , 1930's and early 1940's Chicago Cubs (magic names like.BillyHerman and Stan Hack and Lon WEtrneke,
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