Character and Personality Development Through Literature

Author

Miriam Perry, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

English

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

Through their study of literature high school students are enlightened about life and living; they can see how many problems, similar to their own, have been faced and solved. The problem of this thesis is to find in the selection of the four Kansas approved texts in American literature for the eleventh grade examples which can be of value to the students for betterment of character and personality. The four texts are: "Adventures in American Literature" by Rewey Belle Inglis and others; "Literature: A Series of Anthologies, Heritage of American Literature" by E.A. Cross, Grace Benscoter, and William Meacham; "Literature of the Americas" by John Brewton and others; "Prose and Poetry of America" by Harriet M. Lucas and Herman M. Ward.

Keywords

Literary analysis, Literary criticism, Curriculum, Textbooks, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Advisor

Dr. Ralph V. Coder

Date of Award

Summer 1952

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/SLQJ4761

Recommended Citation

Perry, Miriam, "Character and Personality Development Through Literature" (1952). Master's Theses. 493.
DOI: 10.58809/SLQJ4761
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/493

Rights

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