The relationship between the race of characters in a literary selection and the literary responses of Negro and white adolescent readers

Brewbaker, James Martin

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Author

Brewbaker, James Martin, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

Advisors

Strzepek, Joseph , Curry School of Education , University of Virginia
Lowry, William , Curry School of Education , University of Virginia

Abstract

This study was undertaken to identify differences in the literary responses of adolescents related to race-of-characters (white, Negro, and neutral) in 3 versions of a short story. Versions and responses were, respectively, the independent and dependent variables; control variables were subject-race, residence prestige, and reading achievement. Each of 281 subjects (ninth- and eleventh-grade) read one story version and then--on an adapted semantic differential instrument--rated 9 elements from the story (characters, a literary symbol, his mood while reading, and the full story) against a series of bi-polar adjective scales. 

Degree

EDD (Doctor of Education)

Keywords

Race awareness; Literature -- Study and teaching

Language

English

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Issued Date

1971-01-01

Persistent Link

https://doi.org/10.18130/07hy-e797

Suggested Citation

Brewbaker, James Martin. The relationship between the race of characters in a literary selection and the literary responses of Negro and white adolescent readers. University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, EDD (Doctor of Education), 1971-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/07hy-e797.

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