DOCUMENT RESUME ED 460 362 CS 215 377 AUTHOR Gillikin, Jo, Ed.; Johnson, Fran Holman, Ed. TITLE WILLA, 1992-1995. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English. Women in Literature and Life Assembly. ISSN ISSN-1065-9080 PUB DATE 1995-11-00 NOTE 135p.; Published annually. AVAILABLE FROM For full text: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/WILLA/ willa.html. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT WILLA; v1-4 Fall 1992-Fall 1995 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adolescent Literature; Childrens Literature; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Fables; *Females; *Feminism; Higher Education; Identification (Psychology); Interviews; Introductory Courses; *Literary Criticism; Literature Appreciation; Novels; Photography; Safety; *Sex Role; Sex Stereotypes; Sexism in Language; *Women Faculty; *Womens Studies; Writing Instruction; Writing Processes IDENTIFIERS *Academic Community; *Educational Issues; Educational Issues; Feminist Pedagogy; Literary Canon; Nineteenth Century History; *Women in Literature ABSTRACT These four annual issues of WILLA (Women in Literature and Life Assembly) presents articles that focus on the crucial issues regarding the status and image of women and girls in every educational setting, from pre-kindergarten to continuing education. Articles and poetry in the first issue are: "On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding on NCTE's Women's Committee" (Aileen Pace Nilsen); "Remembering the Women" (Jeanne M. Gerlach); "The Acquisitive Maiden" (Maryjane O'Connor); "A Literary Life" (Jane Maher); "Talk among Chicks" (Marcia Worth); "The Princess and the Pea" (Nadine Charity); "Interview with Janie Hydrick" (Sandy DeCosta); "Rose Macaulay's 'And No Man's Wit' and Ernest Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls': Two Spanish Civil War Novels and Question of Canonicity" (D. A. Boxwell); "The Transformational Rhetoric of Photography in Sue Miller's 'Family Pictures'" (Brenda 0. Daly); "A Mermaid's Song" (Sondra Melzer); "Teaching Ain't No Joke: The Trap of Domesticity for Women Professors" (Lana Hartman Landon); "Hanging Up My Bones to Dry" (Betty Hart); "The Definition of Self, the Recognition of Other in Two Children's Stories" (Mary Elizabeth Bezanson and Deborah L. Norland); and "The Burden of Truth: The Voices of Luciela and Mattie in Gloria Naylor's 'Luciela Louise Turner'" (Demetrice A. Worley). Articles and poetry in the second issue include: "The House That Jack and Jane Rebuilt: Why Patching the Foundation Won't Support the Structure" (Judith Stitzel); "An Interview with Ruth K. J. Cline" (Lynne Alvine); "Some Observations about Hawthorne's Women" (Barbara Ellis); "When Is a Singing School (Not) a Chorus? The Emancipatory Agenda in Feminist Pedagogy and Literature Education" (Deanne Bogdan); "An Ethnic Passage: An Italian-American Woman inAcademia" (Maryann S. Feola); "Community, Stereotype, and Insanity: Eliot's 'Adam Bede' and Dickens"Great Expectations'" (Julianne White); and "Bitch Goddess in Academia: Restructuring the Canon at Norman Mailer University" (Maria Bruno). Articles Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. and poetry in the third issue include: "Beauty and the Beast--Wedding Still Pending: Male-Female Integration in the Legendary Fable" (Elouise Bell); - "It's a Long Lane That Has No Turning" (Barbara Dreher); "Casey Miller and Kate Swift: Women Who Dared To Disturb the Lexicon" (Elizabeth Isele); "Bearing Witness" (Martha Marinara); "Feminist and Other(?) Pleasures" (Alayne Sullivan); "This Thing of Memory" (Andrena Zawinski); "Kate Chopin's 'Lilacs' and the Story of the Annunciation" (Jacqueline Olson Padgett); "The Question of the Personal: 'Woman' in the Academy" (Carol L. Winkelmann); and "Teaching Ain't No Joke: A Response" (Allison McCormack and Kathryn C. Lacey). Articles and poetry in the fourth issue include: "Psychological Safety of Women on Campus: A Collaborative Approach" (Lynn Butler-Kisber); "Lost and Found in Space: Using Tillie Olsen's 'I Stand Here Ironing' To Encourage Resistance and Identification in the Introductory Literature Classroom" (Linda Cullum); "Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Feminization of Education" (Deborah M. De SiMOne); "Writing with a Gun to My Head: Reflections on a Writers' Group, Teaching Writing, and the Creative Process" (Dawn Haines); and "Behind the 'Barred Windows': The Imprisonment of Women's Bodies and Minds in Nineteenth-Century America" (Michelle Mock Murton).(RS) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. WILLA, 1992-1995 Jo Gillikin and Fran Holman Johnson, Editors Volumes 1-4 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY 0 This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. L. Alvine 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 1 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 71/17/ it V VILLA_ INTERVIEW WITH JANIE HYDRICK, NCTE PRESIDENT-ELECT A LITERARY LIFE TEACHING AIN'T NO JOKE: THE TRAP OF DOMESTICITY FOR WOMEN PROFESSORS voc WOMEN IN LITERATURE AND LIFE ASSEMBLY NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH WILLA Fall 1992 Publication of The Women in Literature and Life Assembly of The National Council of Teachers of English Table of Contents On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of NCTE's Women's Committee... by Aileen Pace Nilsen 5 Remembering the Women ... by Jeanne M. Gerlach 9 The Aquisitive Maiden... by Maryjane O'Connor 11 A Literary Life ... by Jane Maher 12 Talk Among Chicks... by Marcia Worth 14 The Princess and the Pea... by Nadine Charity 14 Interview with Janie Hydrick... by Sandy De Costa 15 Rose Macaulay's And No Man's Wit and Ernest Heminway's For Whom the Bell Tolls: Two Spanish Civil War Novels and Question of Canonicity... by D. A. Boxwell 17 The Transformational Rhetoric of Photography in Sue Miller's Family Pictures... by Brenda 0. Daly 20 A Mermaid's Song... by Sondra Melzer 25 Teaching Ain't No Joke: The Trap of Domesticity for Women Professors... by Lana Hartman Landon 26 Hanging Up My Bones To Dry... by Betty Hart 27 The Definition of Self, The Recognition of Other in Two Children's Stories... by Mary Elizabeth Bezanson and Deborah L. Norland 28 The Burden of Truth: The Voices of Lucielia and Mattie in Gloria Naylor's "Lucielia Louise Turner"... by Demetrice A. Worley 31 From WILLA Co-Editors 3 Jo Gillikin, Fran Holman Johnson Section Editors 4 Sandy DeCosta, Pat Bloodgood, Nancy Huse NCTE 1992-1993 Calendar of Events 25 4 WILLA, Volume I, Fall 1992 Page 1 WILLA CO-EDITORS Jo Gillikin, The College of Staten Island Fran Holman Johnson, Louisiana Tech University ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jane L. Christensen,Past Deputy Executive Director, NCI E Ruth K. J. Cline,University of Colorado, Past President, NCTE Janet Emig,Rutgers University, Past President, NCTE KimGandy,Secretary, National Organization of Women Lenore Hoffman,Borough of Manhattan Community College NancyMcHugh, Past President, NCTE Sallie Rose Hollis,Consulting Editor CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Elouise Bell,Brigham Young University Jeanne Gerlach,West Virginia University Shirley A. Rau,Nampa High School, Nampa, Idaho Silver Stanfill,University of Anchorage Ann Trousdale,Louisiana State University SECTION EDITORS Elementary School -Sandra DeCosta,West Virginia University Secondary School -Pat Bloodgood,J.F. Kennedy H.S., Bellmore, N.Y. College -Nancy Huse,Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE Lynne Alvine,Indiana University of Pennsylvania Deborah Andrist,Baylor University Elouise Bell,Brigham Young University Patricia L. Daniel,University of Houston, Victoria Betty Hart,University of Southern Indiana Joan Hartman,College of Staten Island Elizabeth Morris,Columbia College John Sutton,Francis Marion College OFFICERS (Fall 1991-Fall 1992) Chair -Sue Ellen Holbrook,Southern Connecticut State University Associate Chair -Deanne Bogden,Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Secretary -Elizabeth Isele,Scholastic, Inc. TreasurerIrene M. Myles,Louisiana Tech University Program Chairs -Lynne Alvine,Indiana University of Pennsylvania Lynn Butler-Kisber,McGill University Newsletter Editors -Betty Hart,University of Southern Indiana Lisa McClure,Southern Illinois University CALL FOR PAPERS for the second issue of WILLA, the journal of the NCTE Women in Literature and Life Assembly: The editors encourage varied perspectives,for- mats, and voices. Contributions should focus on the status and the image of women. Contributions might include critical essays, teaching strategies for all levels, bibli- ographies, personal essays, and other creative works. Each should be no more than twelve double-spaced, typed pages. Three copies of the submissions should be sent. Include word count and a self-addressed envelope to which stamps are clipped. Please use MLA style. Author's name and institutional affiliation should not appear on the manuscript. Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged promptly if a self-addressed, stamped card or envelope is included. Deadline for receipt of manuscripts is February 1, 1993. Mail to: WILLA, Fran Holman Johrison, Editor, P. 0. Box 3161, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272. PUBLISHED BY the Women in Literature and Life Assembly,