An Analysis of Authors, Characters and Dependency of Women Protagonists in the Short Stories of Selected Literary Anthologies

<p>This research study evaluated textbooks in terms of frequency of female authors, frequency of female protagonists, and frequency of dependency in female protagonists in selected modern American short stories. The study was limited to selections in Scott, Foresman and Company textbooks used in eleventh grade classrooms nationwide for the past twenty-five years. The samples came from four editions beginning with 1963 and ending with the current 1985 edition. The study revealed that there was no meaningful change in any of the researched categories. The findings of the study were reported in the form of synopses, tallies, charts and tables.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Specialist in Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teacher Education

Year

1989

Author dc:creator

• Hussey, Susan E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. James Brewbaker
• Dr. Harold L. Whitman
• Dr. Barbara Hunt

• Textbook
• Female Authors
• Female Protagonists
• American Short Stories
• Foresman and Company Textbooks
• Eleventh Grade
• Curriculum and Social Inquiry
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Liberal Studies

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/659

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1661