Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Summer, 1998), pp. 329-341 (13 pages) Reader response theory provides a useful construct for understanding the nature ...

The subject was dirt, or perhaps I should say “Dirt.” It was spring 1996, and I was a newly minted comp-lit Ph.D. candidate thrilled to be taking part in my first academic conference. Okay, it was a ...

This paper presents an algorithm for comparing the structure of content within texts based on mathematical notions derived from graph theory and semantic notions of the conceptual parse. This ...

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All lovers of the written word, and, I have to add, illustrated images, in view of the rising interest in graphic literature: Brace yourselves for November, a month of literary events. The Manila City ...