CONTENTS

From the Editor

Literary Theory and the Teaching of Literature

Introduction. Constructing Critical Readers - Pedagogical Approaches to Literature That Make Use of Literary Theory
Yolanda Stern Broad

Focalization without (Too Much) Fuss: Using Narratology to Teach Thérèse Desqueyroux
Lynn Kettler Penrod

They Finally Got the Joke! A Speech-Act Approach to Helping Students Respond Appropriately to Foreign Language Texts
Peter G. Broad

Starting at the End: Teaching Candide with Theory
William F. Cipolla

Rameau's Nephew , Godard, and Mona Lisa : Uncovering the Veil of Gender in the Undergraduate Classroom
Fabienne André Worth

Perspectives on the Profession

Proficiency-Based Foreign Language Requirements: A Plan for Action
Renate A. Schulz

How Receptive to New Ideas Are We? Reading and Listening Proficiency
Marva A. Barnett

Comparative Literature and International Studies: Or, Quo Vadimus?
Elizabeth W. Trahan

Foreign Language Enrollments in US Institutions of Higher Education—Fall1986
Richard I. Brod

National Trends: Implications for Graduate Student Training and Career Placement
Barbara Elling

Reports, Resolutions, and Recommendations from the 1987 ADFL Summer Seminars

Caucus of Women Administrators: Reports from the 1987 ADFL Summer Seminars

Back Matter January 1988